About Jaume Ferran i Clua
Lived 1851 – 1929 (aged 78). Jaume Ferran i Clua was a Spanish biologist, physician and bacteriologist.
Jaume Ferran i Clua (Corbera d'Ebre, 1851 – Barcelona 1929) was a Spanish-French bacteriologist and sanitarian, contemporary of Robert Koch, and said by his fellows to have made some of the discoveries attributed to Koch. As early as 1885, he wrote on immunization against cholera. In 1893, his work on this subject was translated into French with the title L'Inoculation préventive contre le Cholera.
Tuberculosis is another disease in which Ferran was always deeply interested. Some of his ideas on the transmission and virulence of tuberculosis are revolutionary.
He died in 1929 and was buried in Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona.
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Who was Jaume Ferran i Clua?
Spanish microbiologist (1851-1929)
When was Jaume Ferran i Clua born?
Jaume Ferran i Clua was born on 1 February 1851 in Corbera d'Ebre.
When did Jaume Ferran i Clua die?
Jaume Ferran i Clua died on 22 November 1929 in Barcelona.
What was Jaume Ferran i Clua's occupation?
Jaume Ferran i Clua was a biologist, physician and bacteriologist.
What nationality was Jaume Ferran i Clua?
Jaume Ferran i Clua was Spanish.
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