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Sir Almroth Wright
(10 Aug 1861 - 30 Apr 1947)
English bacteriologist who developed an immunization against typhoid fever that protected British soldiers in WW I, saving lives from infection.
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Science Quotes by Sir Almroth Wright (2 quotes)
It is an infirmity of the human mind that it demands an explanation before it has assorted the facts.
— Sir Almroth Wright
At opening session of the Pathology Section of the British Medical Association Annual Meeting, Oxford (1904). Quoted as recollected by D.J. Hamilton in 'Obituary: The Late Prof. William Bulloch', The British Medical Journal (15 Mar 1941), 1, No. 4184, 422.
The physician of the future will be an Immunisator.
— Sir Almroth Wright
In Studies on Immunisation: And Their Application to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections (1909), title page. As cited in Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams, The Laboratory Revolution in Medicine (2002), 248, footnote 7.
See also:
- 10 Aug - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Wright's birth.
- The Plato of Praed Street: The Life And Times of Almroth Wright , by Michael S. Dunnill. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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