| Date | 1891 |
| Author | Tizzoni |
| Contribution | With Cattani, described tetanus antitoxin as a substance, and introduced term antitossina (= antitoxin). |
| Reference | Bibel |
| Notes | Discovered the salt-precipitated globulin. Behring and Kitasato reported antitoxin of diphtheria as a property (1890). Some [Chase ?] give the Koch group credit for coining "antitoxin." Independent coinage seems quite plausable. |
| Category | Immunology |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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