Plague pandemic began in China and lasted over a decade spreading from Hong Kong throughout the world
In 1894, the last major plague pandemic began in China and lasted over a decade spreading from Hong…
Alexandre Yersin isolated from buboes the causative bacillus that later was named Yersinia pestis
In 1894, Alexandre Yersin, a member of the French Colonial Health Service in Hong Kong isolated from buboes…
The variolation technique was developed
In 1100, the variolation technique was developed, involving the inoculation of children and adults with dried scab material…
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Chinese medical writings recorded decreases in goiter size upon ingestion of seaweed (iodine)
Early Chinese medical writings in approximately 3600 B.C. were the first to record the decreases in goiter size…