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'Calmettes', c1893. Artist: Pierre Petit.

'Calmettes', c1893. Léon Charles Albert Calmette (1863-1933), French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893].

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Title: 'Calmettes', c1893. Artist: Pierre Petit.

Caption: 'Calmettes', c1893. Léon Charles Albert Calmette (1863-1933), French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893].

Personalities: PETIT (19th-20th century)

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Image size: 3500 × 4666 px | 46.7 MB

Print size: 29.6 × 39.5 cm | 1378.0 × 1837.0 in (300 dpi)

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