sep 25, 1673 - Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Becomes the First Person to See Microscopic Organisms
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Not even a scientist but a clothes maker, Anton created a very simple form of a microscope, allowing him to view what he called "animalcules" in rainwater, feces, on clothes, and anything else he set his lens to.
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Disease Through History: Important Points in Human Civilization As Told Through Illness
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