NOUN
- Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)
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- Hoffmeyer, a bacteriologist of the Metchnikoff School, had discovered the serum for the plague. Page 5
- For his breakthrough work in immunology, Ehrlich, along with Elie Metchnikoff, received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908.
- When pathogenic microbes were discovered in the 1870s, Metchnikoff soon applied to the phagocyte the new role of defending the organism against invaders. The Impulse of Breathing
- Metchnikoff and others they observed that after a time these same leucocytes became accustomed to the presence of these poisons, gradually becoming 'acclimatized' as it were. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
