‎"PASTEUR, LOUIS. - DISCOVERING THAT ""CHILD-BED"" FEVER IS CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS.‎
‎De l'extension de la théorie des germes à l'étiologie de quelques maladies communes.‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1880. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 90, No 18. Pp. (1021-) 1092. (Entire issue offered). Pasteur's paper: pp. 1033-1044. Very small tears to the first few leaves, not affecting Pasteur's paper.‎

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‎First apperance of an importent paper in microbiology in which Pasteur attributes Puerpal Fever to the development of micro-organisms infecting the pus of the inflammatory condition. He claims that the childhood fever was caused by the bacterium later named Streptococus pyogenes.‎