Reminiscences of Rene Jules Dubos : oral history, 1957.

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Reminiscences of Rene Jules Dubos : oral history, 1957.

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Part I: Development of his work in bacteriology to 1943, and, more particularly, his thinking about his work; childhood and early training; polysaccharide of pneumococcus; Oswald T. Avery; tyrocidine, streptomycin and gramicidin; Harvard University and the war years. Part II: Development of his work in bacteriology since 1945; and in particular his concern with the physiological, biochemical, and metabolic aspects of tuberculosis research; writing of LOUIS PASTEUR, THE WHITE PLAGUE, THE BIOCHEMICAL DETERMINANTS OF DISEASE, and BACTERIAL AND MYCOTIC INFECTIONS IN MAN; scientific papers; Rockefeller Institute.

Transcript: 1,541 leaves.Transcript: 1 reel.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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