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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 19-26Publisher
PULSUS GROUP INC
DOI: 10.1155/2007/976850
Keywords
bacteriophage; d'Herelle; immunity; medical history; prophylaxis; phage therapy; Stanier symposium
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The present report describes the presentation given by medical historian Dottore Emiliano Fruciano at the Stanier/Oxford Hygiene Symposium, held in Oxford, England, on November 10, 2004. Dr Fruciano's lecture, entitled The failure of d'Herelle's project to consolidate the value of phage in the prevention and prophylaxis of infectious pathologies, provided a historical synthesis of the events that led to the dismissal of the amazing discoveries of Felix d'Herelle. The present article chronicles the profound works of d'Herelle, from spectacular scientific, commercial and political Successes to complete obscurity. The impact of social perspectives on the outcomes of critical scientific research is revealed in this poignant account.
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