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feb 27, 1885 - Max von Pettenkofer Drinks Some Stool (so to prove Cholera was caused by miasma)

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Pettenkofer actually asked Koch for a sample of stool with cholera in it and drank it, getting sick but not dying of cholera which he took to prove his point.

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Disease Through History: Important Points in Human Civilization As Told Through Illness

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feb 27, 1885
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