Known as the “Father of Antiseptic Surgery,” it was Lister’s work in battling surgical infections that made him famous and has saved an incalculable number of lives.
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Joseph Lister
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark
Dr. Denmark decided that a whooping cough vaccine was desperately needed and began a research effort along with scientists from Emory University that led to the first pertussis vaccine.
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Emil Adolf von Behring
Behring’s primary focus was on diphtheria and tuberculosis. Behring was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was born in 1854 in the Polish town of Strzelin, which, at the time of his birth, fell within the Kingdom of Prussia. This Nobel Prize-winning physician made enormous contributions in the fields of chemotherapy, immunology, microbiology and oncology.
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