PASTEUR, (LOUIS) et (JULES) JOUBERT - THE FIRST DOCUMENTED DISCOVERY OF AN ANTIBIOTIC.

Charbon et septicémie.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1877. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 85, No 3. Pp. (101-) 168. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur & Joubert's paper: pp. (101-) 115.

First appearance of one of the founding papers in the realm of antibiotics, being the discovery of "Vibrion septique" (Cl. septicum), the first pathogenic anaerobe to be found.

"Pasteur and Joubert were probably the first to realize the practical implications of antibiosis. They noted the antagonism between Bacillus anthracis and other bacteria cultures (in the paper offered)"(Garrison & Morton: No. 1932.1 and 2490).

Order-nr.: 48136