William Budd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English physician and epidemiologist
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1811
Place of Birth: North Tawton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Jan-1880
Profession: epidemiologist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About William Budd
- William Budd (14 September 1811 – 9 January 1880) was an English physician and epidemiologist known for recognizing that infectious diseases were contagious.
- He recognized that the "poisons" involved in infectious diseases multiplied in the intestines of the sick, were present in their leaks, and could then be transmitted to the healthy through their consumption of contaminated water.He particularly understood this about the transmission of cholera (as he learned from the work of the physician John Snow) and typhoid fever.
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