Calmette

[ käl-mĕt′ ]

Albert Léon Charles 1863-1933

French bacteriologist. With Camille Guérin he developed (c. 1921) the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.

Words nearby Calmette

The only hope in such cases, is in Calmette's antitoxin, administered within an hour or two after the poisoning.

Essays In Pastoral Medicine |Austin Malley
The results obtained by Calmette are a good instance of the fineness and accuracy of the experimental method.

Experiments on Animals |Stephen Paget
The poison of the sting is similar to snake-poison (Calmette), and rapidly paralyses animals which are not immune to it.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 |Various
By experiments in test-tubes, Calmette studied these venoms under the influences of heat and various chemical agents.

Experiments on Animals |Stephen Paget

One soldier, Calmette by name, separated from his comrades and surrounded by Kabyles, was driven to the brink of the precipice.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 420, October 1850 |Various