| Date | 1900 |
| Author | Hekton |
| Contribution | With Perkins, reported isolation of a fungus from a lesion on a human finger. |
| Reference | Anon. |
| Notes | Presumably Ludwig Hekton (Hektoen). Because of its similarity to that isolated by Schenck (see 1898) he called the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. The disease became known as sporotrichosis. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Fungi |
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