Paul-Louis Simond
Historical Figure

Paul-Louis Simond

French physician and biologist

About Paul-Louis Simond

Paul-Louis Simond was a French physician, chief medical officer and biologist. His major contribution to science was his demonstration, during the Bombay plague epidemic, that the intermediates in the transmission of bubonic plague from rats to humans are the fleas Xenopsylla cheopis that dwell on infected rats.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic1855 CE – 1960 CE

Third Plague Pandemic

The third major bubonic plague pandemic originated in the Yunnan province of China and spread globally via steamship trade routes, killing over 12 million people — predominantly in India — and persisting as an active pandemic until 1960.