LES ASSOCIATIONS MICROBIENNES; LEURS APPLICATIONS THERAPEUTIQUES, PAR GEORGES PAPACOSTAS ET JEAN GATE. (Original Edition with First Use of the Term "Antibiotique) by Papacostas, Georges ; Jean Gate - 1928

Paris: Octave Doin Et Cie.. Very Good. 1928. Wrappers. With first use of the term "Antibiotique". Original printed wrappers. Very good conditon. Encyclopedie Scientifique. Bibliotheque de Microbiologie et de Parasitologie. Paper spine darkened and head and heel ever so lightly worn. Rubberstamped "Hommage des Editeurs". Description: iv, [4], 438, iv pages ; 18 cm. LCCN 28015373. OCLC Number: 37696636. "It is an interesting fact (Macfarlane, 1984) that 58 years elapsed between the publication of the studies of Burdon Sanderson and of Lister showing the antibacterial action of members of the genus Penicillium (Burdon Sanderson, 1871 ; Lister, 1871) and Fleming’s somewhat more celebrated paper (Fleming, 1929) to the same effect. Coincidentally enough, a similar period links this latter date with the present year. When seeking to account for Fleming’s apparent ignorance of the prior art, Macfarlane (1984) notes that Papacostas & Gate (1928) had just published a book which contained a 60 page section, headed ‘Antibiosis’, on the extensive subject of bacterial inhibition by moulds and by other bacteria, devoted to previously published observations on this phenomenon and with several hundred historical references!". From "Forces, Fluxes and the Control of Microbial Growth and Metabolism. The Twelfth Fleming Lecture." by Douglas B. Kell delivered at the 108th ordinary meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, 8th April 1987.; Encyclopedie Scientifique. Bibliotheque De Microbiologie Et De Parasitologie. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 438 pages .