title: [Blackwater fever: a French episode drawn from the research of Alexandre Yersin].
abstract: This article discusses the research on blackwater fever that was undertaken by Alexandre Yersin in 1895. It shows with the help of the three-fold light of the laboratory notes, the published articles, and the private correspondence of Yersin, how historical, political, scientific and personal factors interact.
authors.affiliation: Institut Louis Jeantet d'Historie de la Médecine, Genève.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raggenbass
mesh_terms: D001742:Blackwater Fever / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans