Title:

The Commonwealth of Science

Creator:

Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Date:

December 1941

Description:

This is Avery's "President's Address" to the Society of American Bacteriologists delivered in Baltimore in December of 1941. In it, Avery chose not to discuss any of his work on bacterial transformation, a subject with which most of the audience would have been familiar. Instead, he explored his interest in the physiologic determinants and products of host-parasite relationships.

Original Repository:

The American Society for Microbiology. Archives

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 2

Rights:

Courtesy of the American Society for Microbiology.

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Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Ethics, Professional

Format:

Text

Extent:

14 pages

Relation:

Letter from Rene J. Dubos to L. S. McClung, 1955

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Society for Microbiology. Archives. 425

Legacy ID:

CCAAPC

NLM ID:

101584575X371

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X371

Story Section:

Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940