Emil von Behring
1954; BMJ; Volume: 1; Issue: 4863 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.1.4863.668
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Neurology and Historical Studies
Resumodealt with iodoform as an antiseptic.xwhile still an army sur- geon Behring was im- pressed by the discoveries in bacteriology which were revealing the cause of a number of diseases, and especially by the great work of his compatriot Robert Koch.In the early eighties, therefore, he be- gan a series of investigations which were the pre- cursor of his main lifework.Bacteriologists had noted already that white rats were immune to anth- rax, while wild rats were susceptible.Behring took the fresh serum of white rats and tested it on anth- rax bacilli in vitro.In a of von short time the bacilli were killed.Nuttall had made similar observations on the bactericidal powers of the fresh sera of man and of several animals, and his obs.er-'
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