An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16031 entries, 14098 authors and 1944 subjects. Updated: October 9, 2024

STERNBERG, George Miller

3 entries
  • 3173

A fatal form of septicaemia in the rabbit, produced by the subcutaneous injection of human saliva.

National Board of Health Bulletin, April 30, John Murphy & Co., 1881.

In the same year as Pasteur, and independently, Sternberg discovered the pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) demonstrating its carriage in the healthy human mouth.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Gram-Positive Bacteria › Streptococcus › Pneumococcus , RESPIRATION › Respiratory Diseases
  • 2509

A manual of bacteriology.

New York: W. Wood & Co., 1892.

Sternberg, U. S. Surgeon General 1893-1902, was a pioneer bacteriologist. Independently of Pasteur he discovered the pneumococcus and was first in America to photograph the tubercle bacillus. He sent Walter Reed off to make his great discoveries regarding yellow fever.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY
  • 2545.1

Practical results of bacteriological researches.

Trans. Ass. Amer. Phycns., 7, 68-86, 1892.

Sternberg demonstrated that the serum of an animal recovered from vaccinia possesses the property of neutralizing the activity of the causative virus. His test was readily adaptable for use in various host-systems.



Subjects: BACTERIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY › Immunization, Laboratory Medicine › Blood Tests, VIROLOGY