Victor Babeş
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| Born |
28 July 1854 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 19 October 1926 (aged 72) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Resting place | Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest |
| Alma mater | Faculty of Medicine of the University of Vienna |
| Known for | One of the founders of modern microbiology Important contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis |
| Spouse(s) | Iosefina Thorma |
| Children | Mircea |
| Parent(s) |
Vincențiu Babeș (father) Sophia Goldschneider (mother) |
Victor Babeș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor ˈbabeʃ]; b. 28 July 1854, Vienna – d. 19 October 1926, Bucharest) was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor. One of the founders of modern microbiology, Victor Babeș is author of one of the first treatises of bacteriology in the world – Bacteria and their role in pathological anatomy and histology of infectious diseases, written in collaboration with French scientist A. V. Cornil in 1885. In 1888, Babeș underlies the principle of passive immunity, and a few years later enunciates the principle of antibiosis. He made early and significant contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. He also discovered more than 50 unknown germs and foresaw new methods of staining bacteria and fungi. Victor Babeș introduced rabies vaccination and founded serotherapy in Romania.
Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara bear his name.
Victor Babeș is the son of Vincențiu Babeș and Sophia Goldschneider. His father was a Romanian magistrate, teacher, journalist and politician from Banat region, founding member of the Romanian Academic Society (22 April 1866) and President of History Section of the Romanian Academy (1898–1899). One of the personalities who have distinguished themselves in the fight for the rights of Romanians in Transylvania, Vincențiu Babeș was repeatedly deputy in the Vienna Award and president of the Romanian National Party. Victor had a sister, Alma, and a brother, Aurel. The younger brother of Victor Babeș, Aurel, was a chemist and worked with Victor at the Institute of Bucharest. The son of Aurel, Aurel A. Babeș, was also a physician, and discovered a screening test for cervical cancer.
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