Villemin, Jean‐Antoine

Lise Wilkinson, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002412

1827–1892 French physician who in animal experiments demonstrated the transmissibility of tuberculosis against prevailing beliefs in heredity as the only determining factor.

Keywords: tuberculosis; animal experiments; comparative medicine; comparative pathology; Koch

Figure 1. Jean-Antoine Villemin (1827–1892). Photo courtesy of the Wellcome Institute Library, London.
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 Further Reading
    book Villemin J-A (1868) De la Virulence et de la Spécificité de la Tuberculose. Paris: Masson.
    book Villemin JA (1868) Études sur la Tuberculose: Preuves Rationelles et Expérimentales de sa Spécificité et de son Inoculabilité. Paris: J-B Baillière.
    book Comité du Centénaire de J-A. Villemin (1927) Centénaire de sa Naissance. Paris: Masson et Cie.

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Wilkinson, Lise(Apr 2001) Villemin, Jean‐Antoine. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002412]