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Il'ia Il'ich Mechnikov [Elie Metchnikoff] (1845 - 1916)
QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR LE LAIT AIGRI.
Paris, E. Rémy, [1906?)..
17,5 cm. 32 pp. (first and last leaf blank).

Original printed wrappers.
      $ 375
 First separate editionof Mechnikov's remarks on soured milk, originally published in Revue Scientifique, 2, p. 103. "Mechnikov's theory regarding the effect of lactic acid on bacteria"(G-M).
Translated as Scientifically soured milk; its influence in arresting intestinal putrefaction and its action in the treatment of diseases caused by auto-intoxication (Paris 1907).

In 1908, together with Paul Ehrlich, Mechnikov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on immunity".

 * Cf. G & M 2563.

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