| Date | 1841 |
| Author | Berg |
| Contribution | Demonstrated the fungal etiology of thrush. |
| Reference | Garrison & Morton |
| Notes | He produced the disease in babies (one of whom died of candidal bronchitis and pneumonia according to Rippon). See 1844. Discovered Oidium albicans. Bullock 166. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Fungi |
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