| Date | 1889 |
| Author | Kitasato |
| Contribution | While working in Koch's laboratory, discovered the susceptibility of the mouse to tetanus.. |
| Reference | Anon. |
| Notes | This provided others, and especially Behring in the same laboratory, with a much better model for immunological and anti-toxin work (less rabbit serum was needed for a mouse than for a guinea pig). Koch had already introduced the use of the white mouse in bacteriological research. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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