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, MEDICALPARASITOLOGY
, ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK
Born: 24.10.1632 - Died: 30.8.1723
Delft-Holland
This man, born poor, with little education, a draper in his hometown of Delft had surprising
visitors! They included great men of science as well as the Royalty like the Tsar Peter
the Great, Frederick the Great of Prussia and King James II of England. This was due
to his hobby of grinding fine lenses through which he looked at various objects and brought
forth the wonder world of small things that none had seen before. He kept clear descriptions
and accurate drawings of what he saw and communicated them to the Royal Society
in London. A strict check convinced the Society of their authenticity. The unlettered Antoni
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society! The papers sent by him over decades can
still be seen in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
The discoveries he made are legion. He described the first protozoan pathogen Giardia.
He also discovered many types of bacteria, human and animal spermatozoa and eggs
of various animals realizing their importance in reproduction. He could not recognize the
significance of the different types of bacteria and to him, they were just ‘little animalcules’.
His fault was in being much before the time, for it took two centuries more for people
to accept the microbial origin of infectious diseases. But that should not deter us from
acknowledging the great contributions made by Leeuwenhoek to Biology and many other
branches of Science. He was truly the Founder of Microbiology.
, Textbook of
MEDICAL
PARASITOLOGY
SIXTH EDITION
CK Jayaram Paniker MD
Formerly
Director and Professor of Microbiology
and Principal, Medical College
Calicut
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Calicut University
Emeritus Medical Scientist
Indian Council of Medical Research
JAYPEE BROTHERS
MEDICAL PUBLISHERS (P) LTD
New Delhi
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