PASTEUR, LOUIS. - DISCOVERING THAT "CHILD-BED" FEVER IS CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS.

De l'extension de la théorie des germes à l'étiologie de quelques maladies communes.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1880. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 90, No 18. Pp. (1021-) 1092. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 1033-1044. Very small tears to the first few leaves, not affecting Pasteur's paper.

First apperance of an importent paper in microbiology in which Pasteur attributes Puerpal Fever to the development of micro-organisms infecting the pus of the inflammatory condition. He claims that the childhood fever was caused by the bacterium later named Streptococus pyogenes.

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