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used localized cowpox infections i immunize against smallpox.
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Edward Jenner
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Recognized Puerperal fever is a contagious disease disseminated by physicians unaware of aseptic practice
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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proposes Cholera to be spread by contaminated drinking water, proves thesis in London Cholera epidemic of 1854
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John Snow
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disproves concept of Abiogenesis (Spontatneous Generation)
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Pasteur
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elucidates the Germ Theory of Fermentation; studies alcohlic, lactic, acetic acid fementations
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Pasteur
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developes "antiseptics" surgical technique; introduced use of carbolic acid (phenol) as an antiseptic agent
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Joseph Lister
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first to demonstrate the bacterial etiology Anthrax. Bacillus anthrasis was the causal agent for this disease
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Robert Koch
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develops an effective Anthrax vaccine for animal inoculations with attenuated cultures, demonstrates this publicly at a country fair
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Pastuer
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Isolates in pure culture the tubercule bacillus; shows it to be the causal agent of tuberculosis
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Koch
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describes phagocytosis and its role in immunity theory; discovery of cellular immunity
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Metchnikoff
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introduces a bacterial differential stain technique later known as the gram stain
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Christian Gram
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develops rabies vaccine using attenuated viruses in desiccated rabbit spinal chord tissue
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Pasteur
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introduces the Petri dish for microbiological use
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Richard Petri
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isolates sulfur oxidizing bacterial discovers nitrifiying bacteria leading to discovery of autotrophic mode metabolisml isolates anaerobic free living N2 fixer Clostridium pasteurianum
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Winogradsky
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isolates root nodule bacteria in pure culture responsible for symbiotic N2 fixation; isolates aerobic free living N2 fixer Azotobacter chroococum
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Martinus Beijerink
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discovers antitoxins and its use for treatment of diphtheria and tetanus. serum institutes are established for antitoxin production for therapeutic use by physicians
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Emil Von Behring
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isolates TMV. Beijerinck makes the same discovery 4 years later
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Ivanovski
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shows that yellow fever, a viral disease is transmitted by mosquito bites.
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Walter Reed and Associates
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discovers blood groups, which leads to blood typing for use during surgical operations
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Landsteiner
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develops blood the compliment fixation test for diagnosis of syphilis; important in diagnosis secondary stage of syphilis.
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Wasserman
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discovers the spirochete Treponema pallidum the causal agent of the veneral disease syphilis.
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Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffman
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discovers first chemotherapuetic agent (compound 606 or salvarsan), organic arsenal called "magic bullet"; effective for curing syphilis
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Paul Ehrlich
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discover bacterial viruses (phages) or bateriophages
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Felix d' Herelle and Frederick Twort
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discovers the antibiotic penicillin, suggest it can be used for treating bacterial infections
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Alexander Fleming
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discovers the sulfa drugs for use in treating bacterial infections
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Gerhard Domagk
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show penicillin useful for treating infections disease; help in developing commercial production of penicillin for medical use
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Ernst Chain and Howard W. Florey
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discover the antibiotic streptomycin, the first effective agent found for treating tuberculosis
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Selman Waksman
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