Victor Babeș
Romanian physician and professor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor Babeș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor ˈbabeʃ]; 28 July 1854 in Vienna – 19 October 1926 in Bucharest) was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor. One of the founders of modern microbiology, Victor Babeș is author of one of the first treatises of bacteriology in the world – Bacteria and their role in pathological anatomy and histology of infectious diseases, written in collaboration with French scientist Victor André Cornil in 1885.[1] In 1888, Babeș underlies the principle of passive immunity,[2] and a few years later enunciates the principle of antibiosis.[3] He made early and significant contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. He also discovered more than 50 unknown germs and foresaw new methods of staining bacteria and fungi.[4] Victor Babeș introduced rabies vaccination and founded serotherapy in Romania.[1]
Victor Babeș | |
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Born | (1854-07-28)28 July 1854 |
Died | 19 October 1926(1926-10-19) (aged 72) |
Resting place | Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest |
Alma mater | Semmelweis University University of Vienna |
Known for | One of the founders of modern microbiology Important contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis |
Spouse | Iosefina Thorma |
Children | Mircea |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Semmelweis University University of Vienna Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy |
Notes | |
Vincențiu Babeș (father) Sophia Goldschneider (mother) |
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara bear his name.