| Date | 1835 |
| Author | Paget |
| Contribution | Reported discovery of Trichinella spiralis in human flesh. |
| Reference | Norman |
| Notes | He and Owen, using the same material, each clearly described a systemic micro-organism. They did not allege pathogenicity (indeed Paget remarked its absence in this case). Until that time, micro-organisms had been seen on, rather than in, the human body. See Campbell, W. C., Bull. Hist. Med. 53: 520-552, 1979. See Campbell, W. C., Chapter 1 in: Trichinella and Trichinosis. Plenum, 1983. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Helminths |
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