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DISEASES OF SILK-WORMS 115

Who gave the Correct Diagnosis of the Silk-Worm Diseases
Pibrine and Flacherie
BfiCHAMP or PASTEUR?
1865
BfiCHAMP PASTEUR
Statement before the Agri- Statement to the Academy of
cultural Society of Herault Science 4 that the corpuscles
that Pebrine is a parasitical of Pibrine are neither animal
complaint and creosote sug- nor vegetable. From the
gested as a preventive of the point of view of classification
parasite. should be ranged beside glo-
bules of pus, or globules of
blood, or better still, granules
of starch!

1866
18 June 1 23 July 5
Statement to the Academy of Statement to the Academy of
Science that the disease is Science that one would be
parasitical; thai Pibrine attacks tempted to believe that a
the worms at the start from parasite had invaded the
the outside and that the para- chambers: that would be an
site comes from the air. The error. Inclined to believe that
disease is not primarily consti- there is no special disease of
tutional. Method given for silk-worms, but that it should
hatching seeds free from be compared to the effects of
Pebrine. pulmonary phthisis. Little
organisms neither animalcules
nor cryptogamic plants.
13 August
Statement to the Academy of
Science describing the parasite
as a cell of a vegetable nature.
27 August 8
Statement to the Academy of
Science proving the vibrant
corpuscle, Purine, to be an
(organised) ferment.
1
Comptes Rendus 62, p. 1341.
a 4 Comptes Rendus 61, p. 506.
C. R. 63, p. 311.
3 5 C. R. 63, pp. 126-142.
C.R. 63, p. 391.