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A fatal form of septicaemia in the rabbit, produced by the subcutaneous injection of human saliva.
National Board of Health Bulletin, April 30. John Murphy & Co., 1881.
In the same year as Pasteur, and independently, Sternberg discovered the pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) demonstrating its carriage in the healthy human mouth.
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