Dr. C. Winkler was a Dutch physician and bacteriologist who served as assistant to Professor Pekelharing on the Dutch government mission to the Netherlands Indies in 1886 to investigate the causes of beri-beri, which was then ravaging the Indies army garrison in Atjeh.
The Mission
According to Brooshooft, Pekelharing — “een onzer beste bacteriologen” — was sent out by the government after earlier work by Indies medical officers and a Japanese doctor at Kota Radja had failed to identify the disease’s aetiology. Winkler accompanied him as his assistant (“met Dr. C. Winkler als assistent”) to carry out the bacteriological and other researches that it was hoped would disclose the cause and lead to effective preventive measures.
See Also
- Pekelharing
- Beri-beri epidemic in the Atjeh garrison
- Atjeh War
- Kota Radja
- Royal Netherlands Indies Army
- 1886
Source
Brooshooft, Mr. P. Geschiedenis van den Atjeh-oorlog 1873–1886. Utrecht: F. B. van Ditmar, 1886, Hoofdstuk X, p. 278 (p. 296 of the OCR).