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Causation of Diseases

Reports regarding causative agents of animal and human diseases started pouring in during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. A. Bassi (1836) recognised that the disease of silkworms may be caused by a fungus. J. Schoelein (1839) established that 'favus' is caused by a pathogenic fungus. D. Gruby (1843) revealed the causative agent of trichophytosis (ringworm).

In the second half of the nineteenth century due to availability of better microscopes and abandonment of spontaneous generation, Pasteur and his contemporary workers turned towards this area of microbiology which successfully led to several important discoveries regarding causative agents of animal and human diseases with certainty.

 

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