DONNÉ, A. (ALFRED). - FIRST DESCRIPTION OF INFECTION BY TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS.

Animalcules observés dans les matières purulentes et le produit des sécretions des organes génitaux de l'homme et de la femme; extrait d'une lettre de M.A. Donné.

(Paris, Bachelier), 1836. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 3, Séance Lundi 19 sept. Pp. (375-) 392. (Entire issue offered). Donné's paper: pp. 385-386.

First printing of the paper, being the first to describe living organisms in pathological conditions.

"First description of Trichomonas vaginalis, which Donné at first believed to be the pernicious gonorrhoea. He later admitted the organism to be a normal inhabitant of the female genital tract. Donné was, by this work, the first to describe livig organisms in pathological conditions, as observed by modern methods." (Garrison & Morton No. 5207).

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