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3. Note: the concept of a virus at this time was as a ‘toxic agent’ that was not easily defined or visible in the microscope. The discovery of viruses (the plant virus, tobacco mosaic virus) didn’t arrive until the late 1880s.
4. Pasteur, L. Méthode pour prévenir la rage après morsure. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des science, séance du 26 octobre 1885, CI, p. 765–773 et p. 774.
5. Shibashaburo Kitasato’s contribution was not acknowledged by the Nobel Committee, or if it was, they did not consider it of equal status.