MARTEN, Benjamin (1690 – 1750)

1690 – 1750

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1720 CE

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A new theory of consumptions : more especially of a phthisis, or consumption of the lungs.

MARTEN, Benjamin (1690 – 1750)

Marten believed that an infectious micro-organism was the cause of tuberculosis, thus forecasting the existence of the tubercle bacillus 162 years before its actual discovery. Though Leeuwenhoek reported seeing bacter…

Microbiology & Virology