Posts Tagged ‘disease prevention’
The Viral Discovery: How a Botanist Named Martinus Beijerinck Changed Medicine Forever
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 25, 1990 #OTD During this week in 1990, the Longview Newspaper shared a cautionary article about the upcoming flu season. Buried in the story was this reminder: “A hundred years…
Read MoreGarden Vigilance: Honoring Yellow Fever Pioneer Aristides Simoni
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 3, 1868 On this day, Aristides Simoni came squalling into this world, utterly unaware that he would one day save countless lives through his revolutionary research. One can only imagine the midwife…
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