Budd, William (1811–1880)

Dr. William Budd is considered a pioneer in the development of the germ theory of disease and waterborne transmission. He is best known for identifying water as the source of transmission in typhoid fever.

Budd was born in Devon, England, into a medical family. His father was a ...

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