Carl Flügge was known for advocating hygiene as an independent medical discipline, and is remembered for performing extensive research involving the transmission of infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and cholera.
Carl Flügge a pledat ca igiena să fie o disciplină medicală independentă și a efectuat ample cercetări privind transmiterea bolilor infecțioase, cum ar fi malaria, tuberculoza și holera.