Nathan Edwin Brill

Nathan Edwin Brill (January 3, 1860[1]– December 13, 1925) was an American physician who, while at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, discovered Brill-Zinsser disease (or, often, simply Brill's disease), a late relapse of epidemic typhus.

[3] Brill's medical accomplishments include: Brill-Zinsser Disease (commonly known as Brill's Disease) is a form of epidemic typhus that occurs only in patients who have previously been infected by Rickettsia prowazekiithat was most likely transmitted to the body through lice.

[6] Brill's Disease itself is not related to the presence of louse, but instead appears randomly many years after the original infection.

[6] Brill's Disease can affect patients for the entirety of their lives, with cases being documented after more than forty years of contracting epidemic typhus.

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