Botulinum was first recognized and discovered in 1895 by Emile Van Ermengem from home-cured ham implicated outbreak. The original name was Bacillus Botulinus, after the Latin word sausage Botolus. Sausage poisoning was a common problem in 18th and 19th century Germany which is mostly caused by botulism. Botox cosmetics and their uses for our younger […]