The ‘germ theory of disease’ has presented a great stimulus in Microbiology and medicine. Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (1843 – 1910) were the national heroes. Preventive measures also supported the germ theory. Edward Jenner (1796) introduced vaccination (L . vacce, cow) against small pox, using material from lesions of a similar disease of cattle [...]
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