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In 1884, German scientist Friedrich Loeffler isolated the diphtheria bacillus from throats of patients, grew it on a special medium (laboratories today still use “Loeffler’s serum slope” to grow the bacteria from suspected cases), and began careful experiments in animals that took several years.
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
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