Waldemar Haffkine
Waldemar Haffkine · Science & Medicine
Bacteriologist who developed the first effective vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
1860, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1930, Lausanne, Switzerland
Russian Empire · France · India · Switzerland
Waldemar Haffkine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Bacteriologist who developed the first effective vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
Waldemar Haffkine developed the first effective vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague, testing the cholera vaccine on himself and conducting large-scale immunization campaigns in India in the 1890s. He was Jewish, born in Odessa, and faced discrimination that shaped his career across Russia, France and India. His work is regarded as a milestone in the history of vaccination.
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Bacteriologist who developed the first effective vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
