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METCHNIKOFF, Élie [MECHNIKOV] (1845 – 1916)

1845 – 1916

6 entries in the GMN corpus.

1884 CE

#2538

Über eine Sprosspilzkrankheit der Daphnien. Beitrag zur Lehre über den Kampf der Phagocyten gegen Krankheitserreger.

Metchnikoff originated the theory of phagocytosis. He described phagocytes in leucocytes and showed their function as scavengers. Abridged English translation in Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988).

1892 CE

#2307

Leçons sur la pathologie comparée de l'inflammation, faites à l'institut Pasteur en Avril et Mai 1891.

Metchnikoff delivered his classic lectures on inflammation in French at the Pasteur Institute. They were translated into Russian as Lektsii o sravnitelnoi patologii vospaleniy, and published in St. Petersburg by K. L.…

1895 CE

#2548

Sur la destruction extracellulaire des bactéries dans l’organisme.

See No. 2538

1901 CE

#2555

L’immunité dans les maladies infectieuses.

A classic study of the mechanisms concerned in specific antibacterial immunity, and one of Metchnikoff’s best works. Russian edition: Nevospriimchivost’ k infekcionnim boleznyam. St. Petersburg: K.L. Rikke…

1903 CE–1904 CE

#2398

Études expérimentales sur la syphilis.

Metchnikoff and Roux successfully transmitted syphilis from man to the higher apes. Although not the first to do this, they recorded much new information concerning the disease.

1906 CE

#2563

Quelques remarques sur le lait aigri.

Metchnikoff researched the effect of lactic acid produced by Lactobacilli on other non-desirable bacteria in the digestive tract. He thus expanded Döderlein's (No. 6279) concept of "normal flora" beyond the vagin…