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American pediatrician and microbiologist Hattie Alexander died #OTD in 1968.
Alexander first became interested in influenzal meningitis. Experimenting with rabbit serums, by 1939 Alexander had developed an effective cure for influenzal meningitis. Her work with influenzal meningitis led her to study antibiotics, and she made considerable progress in understanding the genetic mutation of bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Alexander
#science #pediatrics #microbiology
Alexander first became interested in influenzal meningitis. Experimenting with rabbit serums, by 1939 Alexander had developed an effective cure for influenzal meningitis. Her work with influenzal meningitis led her to study antibiotics, and she made considerable progress in understanding the genetic mutation of bacteria to develop resistance to antibiotics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Alexander
#science #pediatrics #microbiology