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The life-history of the micro-organisms associated with variola and vaccinia. An abstract of results obtained from a study of smallpox and vaccination in the surgical laboratory of the University of Edinburgh.

Proc. roy. Soc. Edinb., 13, 603-20. 1886.

The “Paschen elementary bodies” (No. 5430) were first recognized and demonstrated by Buist. Republished as an appendix to his Vaccinia and variola, London, 1887.

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Entry Number#5427
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External URLthe-lifehistory-of-the-microorganisms-associated-with-variola-and-vaccinia-an-abstract-of-results-obtained-from-a-study-of-smallpox-and-vaccination-in-the-surgical-laboratory-of-the-university-of-edinburgh

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: London