Contribution of Microbiologist

Contribution of Selman Waksman, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Charles Nicolle, Gerhard Domagk, Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, Max Theiler.

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Contribution of Microbiologist: Selman Waksman, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Charles Nicolle, Gerhard Domagk, Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, Max Theiler.

1. Julius Wagner-Jauregg Julius Wagner-Jauregg was an Austrian psychiatrist. He was the first psychiatrist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He is mainly known for introducing malarial therapy for the treatment of neurosyphilis. It is considered as one of the earliest biological treatment in psychiatry. Key Contributions of Julius Wagner-Jauregg Development of … Read more

Contribution of Ignaz Semmelweis, Hans Christian Gram, Charles Lavaran, Fanny Hesse, Marjory Stephenson, Kiyoshi Shiga, Emil von Behring.

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Contribution of Microbiologist

1. Ignaz Semmelweis Ignaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician and obstetrician (1818–1865). He is regarded as the “savior of mothers”. He worked in a maternity clinic in Vienna where high maternal deaths were observed after childbirth. It was during this period that he studied the cause of puerperal fever. Key Contributions of Ignaz Semmelweis Some … Read more