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La théorie des germes et ses applications à la médecine et à la chirurgie. Lecture faite à l'Académie de médecine par M. Pasteur en son nom et au nom de MM. Joubert et Chamberland ....

Publication Details

Paris: G. Masson, 1878 CE.

In this speech Pasteur first introduced the term "germ theory" and defined its applications in medicine, surgery, and infectious disease. The speech was first published in condensed form in Comptes rendus...de l'Académie des Sciences, 86 (1878) 1037-1043. For that version authorship was expressed as "Pasteur, Joubert et Chamberland."

Digital facsimile of the separate printing from bnf.gallica at this link. Digital facsimile of the journal publication from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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Entry Number#14194
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/16510
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External URLla-thorie-des-germes-et-ses-applications-la-mdecine-et-la-chirurgie-lecture-faite-lacadmie-de-mdecine-par-m-pasteur-en-son-nom-et-au-nom-de-mm-joubert-et-chamberland

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris