The father of hygiene – LMU Munich

March 2, 2025

https://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/the-father-of-hygiene.html

To prove his hypothesis, Max von Pettenkofer drank a suspension of cholera bacteria. He survived the cholera cocktail, and his research on the impact of hygiene on health would revolutionize medicine and public health.