January 22 is reserved to Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser

January 22 is reserved to Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser
ALSN was a German physician and bacteriologist, born January 22, 1855, Schweidnitz (now Swidnica, Poland); died July 1916, Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland).

The history of sexually transmitted diseases is thought to date back to earliest times, and many ancient texts describe conditions that may be those of syphilis and gonorrhea, which at one time were thought to be the same disease. A main figure in the research in this area was Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, who discovered the gonococcus in 1879 and later produced the most comprehensive account of experimental syphilis ever published.

Bio:
http://www.antimicrobe.org/h04c.files/history/Neisser.asp

Reference:
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Gonorrhoea_(Neisseria_gonorrhoeae)_in_the_United_States

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