Jaume Ferran i Clua
Jaime Ferran y Clua (Corbera d'Ebre, 1851 – Barcelona 1929) was a Spanish-French bacteriologist and sanitarian , contemporary of Robert Koch, and said by his fellows to have made some of the discoveries attributed to Koch. As early as 1885, he wrote on immunization against cholera. In 1893, his work on this subject was translated into French with the title L'Inoculation préventive contre le Cholera.
Jaime Ferran y Clua | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 February 1851 Corbera d'Ebre (Tarragona), Spain |
| Died | 22 November 1929 (aged 78) Barcelona, Spain |
| Resting place | Montjuïc Cemetery |
| Occupation | Bacteriologist |
Tuberculosis is another disease in which Ferran was always deeply interested. Some of his ideas on the transmission and virulence of tuberculosis are revolutionary.
He died in 1929 and was buried in Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.