SALMON, Daniel Elmer (1850 – 1914)
1850 – 1914
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1884 CE–1886 CE
#2539
On a new method of producing immunity from contagious diseases.
Smith found that dead virus can induce immunity against the living virulent virus. Although Smith made the discovery on his own, his supervisor, D.E. Salmon, usurped credit. See Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988) …
1886 CE
#2505
The bacterium of swine-plague.
Discovery of Salmonella choleraesuis. The Salmonellae tribe was named after Salmon, even though the discovery was made by Smith. See Bibel, Milestones in immunology (1988) 31-32.