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Abbé Felice Fontana (1730-1805): founder of modern toxinology. Toxicon 33, 591-601, 1995.
Sir Joseph Fayrer MD FRS (1824-1907) Indian Medical Service: snakebite and mortality in British India. Toxicon 34, 171-182, 1996.
Sir Charles James Martin MB FRS: Australian serpents and Indian plague, one-hundred years ago. Toxicon, 35, 999-1010, 1997.
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Doctor Albert Calmette 1863-1933: founder of antivenomous serotherapy and of antituberculous BCG vaccination. Toxicon 37, 1241-1258, 1999.
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Professor Bernardo Alberto Houssay MD (1887-1971), Argentine physiologist and Nobel Laureate. Journal of Medical Biography, vol 12 (2004) 71-76; (summary)
Professor Sir William Liley (1929-1983): New Zealand perinatal physiologist. Journal of Medical Biography, Vol 13 No 2 (May 2005) p82-88 (summary and journal cover, with portrait from this article)
Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine, CIE (1860-1930): prophylactic vaccination against cholera and bubonic plague in British India. Journal of Medical Biography, Vol 15 (Feb 2007) p9-19 (summary and links to portraits)
Albert Calmette (1863-1933) and Camille Guérin (1872-1961): the C and G of BCG vaccine Journal of Medical Biography Vol 15 (Aug 2007) p139-146
Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943): discoverer of the plague bacillus, explorer and agronomist Journal of Medical Biography Vol 16 (Aug 2008) p167-172
Sir Michael Foster MD FRS (1836-1907): the rise of the British school of physiology Journal of Medical Biography Vol 16 (Nov 2008) p221-226
Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828) MD FRS, botanist, co-founder of the Linnean Society of London Journal of Medical Biography Vol 17 (May 2009) p116-119
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