Word: bacillus
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Dates: during 1912-1912
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Louis Nelson '00 gave an instance of noble bravery in his death, which occurred on April 14. In the course of some medical investigations of the "gas" bacillus he became inoculated, about two months ago. Though attended by the best physicians, he grew worse steadily and died a martyr to the cause of experimental medicine...
...became instructor in pharmacology at the Medical School and wrote several papers in English and German on bacteriological subjects. In entering on his research and experimentation regarding the "gas" bacillus he knew he was risking his life. But he cheerfully undertook this work for the benefit of humanity, and even after inoculation, enthusiastically studied the progress of the disease in his own body, thus adorning the history of medicine with one more instance of unselfish bravery...