Giuseppe Sanarelli
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Giuseppe Sanarelli was an Italian bacteriologist who incorrectly identified the cause of yellow fever as a bacterium. It was however found later by Walter Reed that the bacterium Bacillus icterioides was a secondary infection.
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Eduardo Hernández-Pacheco y EstevanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
Jeremiah D. M. FordAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
Reynaldo dos SantosAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
Augusto Pi SuñerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of ToulouseAbout this person
Giuseppe Sanarelli was an Italian bacteriologist who incorrectly identified the cause of yellow fever as a bacterium. It was however found later by Walter Reed that the bacterium Bacillus icterioides was a secondary infection. In 1897 he triggered the first major public debate on medical ethics when he injected yellow fever bacteria into five patients without consent, three of whom died. He also served as a senator of the Kingdom of Italy from 1920 to 1940.
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