Title

'Calmettes', c1893. Artist: Pierre Petit.

Caption

'Calmettes', c1893. Léon Charles Albert Calmette (1863-1933), French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis. He also developed the first antivenom for snake venom, the Calmette's serum. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893].
The Print Collector collection

Date

1893

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D09_008

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46,7Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,7in x 15,6in / 3500 x 4666 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait people male job man men medicine tie country French France body science guy occupation clothes beard dress location Victorian century doctor profession jacket bearded accessory B&W one person physician looking away MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector bacteriologist cigarette card immunologist the body photograph Felix Pierre Petit Petit Pierre Felix Potin Potin Léon Charles Albert Calmette Calmette Léon Charles Albert Felix Potin photograph