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How Max Joseph von Pettenkofer Changed the World of Hygiene

August 23, 2019 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

German hygienist Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. Picture by Shutterstock

An interesting fact I came across while I was preparing to meet a German public health expert (see my blogs in the coming weeks), is that the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, among many other institutions, was inspired by and modeled after the Hygieneinstitut (Hygiene Institute) in Munich. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: environmental, Germany, history, hygiene, Johns Hopkins University, Pettenkofer School of Public Health, public health

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