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 * ...that Hungarian veterinarian József Marek, the first to identify Marek's disease (symptom pictured; right), also developed a remedy for liver fluke in cattle and a nasogastric tube for treating horse colic?
 * ...that because photomicrographs of Longan witches broom-associated virus were not published, the virus was not initially accepted as the cause of the eponymous disease?
 * ...that Shetlander Johnnie Notions, a physician with no formal medical background, developed a smallpox inoculation that successfully immunised thousands of people before Jenner's vaccine was available?
 * ...that the Kivu Ebola epidemic was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 17 July 2019?
 * ...that Larry Kramer frequently invoked the AIDS–Holocaust metaphor and compared Reagan Administration officials to Nazi war criminals?