Ioan Cantacuzino

 

Ioan C. Cantacuzino ( also Ion Cantacuzino; November 25, 1863 – January 14, 1934) was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the Romanian School of Medicine and Pharmacy and a member of the Romanian Academy. He was the founder of the fields of microbiology and experimental immunology and pathology in Romania and creator of  the Ioan Cantacuzino Institute

His discoveries were relevant in the treatment of cholera, epidemic typhus, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever. As a disciple of Mechnikov, he devoted part of his research to expanding on the latter's field of interest (phagocytes, the body's means of defence against pathogens, as well as the issue of immunity and invertebrates). He invented the notion of contact immunity and discovered the agglutination of microbes (the Cantacuzino phenomenon).

Ioan Cantacuzino, has developed a rich vibronic research on cholera and cholera vaccination. Based on investigations in this direction, the doctor has developed a cholera vaccination method, called "Method Cantacuzino", still used today in countries where there are cases of cholera. The campaign of 1913 led the first massive cholera vaccination in infectious burning point, known in science as the "Great Romanian experience", which saved thousands of lives, and has initiated measures to combat the cholera epidemic.

During the First World War as The leader of the civil and military health services has taken great steps to combat epidemics of typhus. He created a series of works about discovering cellular and humoral immunity, sensitivity and lack of body immunity against scarlet fever, the study of world renowned cholera and vaccinotherapy. Introduces Calmette's vaccine and in 1912 created the typhoid vaccine.

1. Ioan Cantacuzino set up a cholera vaccination method called

a)       Calmette’s vaccine

b)       Antitific vaccine

c)       "Method Cantacuzino

2. Ioan Cantacuzino invented the notion of:

a)       Contact immunity

b)       Pathogenes

c)       Microbiology

3. He created the typhoid vaccine in

a)       1910

b)       1908

c)       1912