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THE RELATIONS OF BACTERIOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH MOVEMENT SINCE 1872

THE RELATIONS OF BACTERIOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH MOVEMENT SINCE 1872 ation. He had demonstrated the share of living microorganisms in deep-seated chemical changes hitherto deemed due to some sort of mysterious molecular transmission. He had shown that particular kinds of fermentation were accompanied by particular kinds of micro6rganisms. Perhaps most important of all, he had given the death-blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation as then conceived. Pasteur had furthermore traced a disastrous disease of silk-worms to a parasitic origin and had pointed out a practical method of prevention. Before this time, too, the clear-sighted anatomist, Henle (1809-1885), had not only called attention to some striking analogies that seemed to favor the doctrine of a contagiilnii vivum, but had outlined with great precision the paths along which experimentation must proceed in order to obtain proof of this doctrine. It is fair to presume that Henle's cogent mode of reasoning was not without its influence on his pupil, Robert Koch. Before 1872, also, specific micro6rganisms had come to be definitely associated in the 'minds of some investigators with certain diseases of man and of domestic animals. The anthrax bacillus had been ob)served by Pollender as early as 1849, and had been declared by Davaine in 1863 to stand in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

THE RELATIONS OF BACTERIOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH MOVEMENT SINCE 1872

Edwin O. Jordan
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 11 (12) – Dec 1, 1921
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ation. He had demonstrated the share of living microorganisms in deep-seated chemical changes hitherto deemed due to some sort of mysterious molecular transmission. He had shown that particular kinds of fermentation were accompanied by particular kinds of micro6rganisms. Perhaps most important of all, he had given the death-blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation as then conceived. Pasteur had furthermore traced a disastrous disease of silk-worms to a parasitic origin and had pointed out a practical method of prevention. Before this time, too, the clear-sighted anatomist, Henle (1809-1885), had not only called attention to some striking analogies that seemed to favor the doctrine of a contagiilnii vivum, but had outlined with great precision the paths along which experimentation must proceed in order to obtain proof of this doctrine. It is fair to presume that Henle's cogent mode of reasoning was not without its influence on his pupil, Robert Koch. Before 1872, also, specific micro6rganisms had come to be definitely associated in the 'minds of some investigators with certain diseases of man and of domestic animals. The anthrax bacillus had been ob)served by Pollender as early as 1849, and had been declared by Davaine in 1863 to stand in

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Published: Dec 1, 1921

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