Yersin

/ yĕr-sä′ /

French bacteriologist who, working with Émile Roux, isolated the toxin that causes the symptoms of diphtheria. Yersin later discovered the bacillus that causes bubonic plague and developed a serum to protect against it.

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The bacillus pestis was discovered by Kitasato and Yersin, working independently, in 1894.

But Dr. Yersin's explanation of the Ceraunic pictures does not seem to me to be justified.

In 1896 M. Yersin began the use of a specially prepared serum in China.

This is practically the same as the preparation made by M. Yersin, and the results obtained are equally unsatisfactory.

It is caused by a specific bacillus isolated by Kitasato and Yersin in 1894.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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