Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow 17 October 1842 – 3 May 1916) was a German

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 high ranking medical

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 officer (Oberstabsartz und Regimentsartz) and helminthologist. Von Linstow was born in Itzehoe

Itzehoe

Itzehoe is a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km northwest of Hamburg and 24 km north of Glückstadt...

 north west of Hamburg

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 he received his medical Ph.D. in 1864 at the University of Kiel

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 and worked as military doctor in Hameln

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 later in Göttingen

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 where he was promoted to a major. He published his book Compendium der Helminthology in 1878 in Hannover. Von Linstow died 3. May 1916 in Göttingen.