Events
Plague of Justinian
541-544Louis Pasteur
Swan Neck Flask/Pasteurization
1859Anton Van Leeuwenhook
First Microbial Microscope
1673Hooke cork cells under microscope
1665Steptococcus pyogens identified
1879, antibiotic in 1930sAlexander Yersin 1863
1st to find bacteria of Plague
(Yersinia Pestis)Koch's Postulates 1872
observes anthraxDoctrine of Spontaneous Generation
1660sSnow transition of Cholera
1854Semmelweis chlorine hand washing
1847Lister carbolic acid as disinfectant
1867Anthrax Attack on the United StatesAnthrax in SiberiaAndrew WakefieldEradication of SmallpoxPolio eradicated in the United StatesThe Cutter IncidentPolio Outbreak in the USGlobal Plague PandemicFirst Rabies VaccineEdward JennerHawaiian MeaslesHernan CortesSwine FluBird FluSyphilis DiscoveredLeprosy DiscoveredTuberculosis first discoveredFirst US case of MRSAYellow Fever discovered (Walter Reed)Charles Nicolle discovers transmitter of TyphusCharles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovers malaria parasiteZika first identifiedTyphoid vaccine developed by Almroth Edward WrightSelman Waksman, Albert Schatz, and Elizabeth Bugie develop streptomycinTheodor Escherich discovered E. coliRuth Bishop discovers rotovirusPhiladelphia yellow fever outbreakMERSSARSPaul EhrlichAlexander FlemmingGerm TheoryThe Great StinkSanitation developmentVariolationAndrew WakefieldPeriods
Black Death
1320s-1350sPlague of AntoniousHong Kong FluSpanish FluRussian FluMajor AIDS/HIV crisis
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