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Timeline of infection control

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| 1770 || ''{{w|Cordon sanitaire}}'' || {{w|Plague}} || [[w:House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] {{w|Empress Maria Theresa}} sets up a {{w|cordon sanitaire}} between {{w|Austria}} and the {{w|Ottoman Empire}} to prevent people and goods infected with plague from crossing the border. Cotton and wool are held in storehouses for weeks, with peasants paid to sleep on the bales and monitored to see if they show signs of disease.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 Historic Ways To Beat Plagues |url=https://listverse.com/2020/04/18/top-10-historic-ways-to-beat-plagues/ |website=listverse.com |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Austrian Empire}} region
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| 1771 || Policy || Epizootic infection || Policy is introduced in France stipulating that animals killed or dead from epizootic disease may not be abandoned in forests, thrown into rivers or placed on rubbish dumps, nor may they be buried in stables, courtyards, gardens or elsewhere within the precincts of towns and villages.<ref name="oie.int"/> || {{w|France}}
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| 1774 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || Microbial pathogens || [[w:Swedish people|Swedish]] chemist {{w|Carl Wilhelm Scheele}} discovers {{w|chlorine}}.<ref name="Hugo">{{cite journal |last1=Hugo |first1=W.B. |title=A brief history of heat and chemical preservation and disinfect ion |journal=Journal of Applied Bacteriology |url=https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1991.tb04657.x |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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