Noun
French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
Source: WordNetHe and French researcher Alexandre Yersin went to Hong Kong in 1894, where; Kitasato confirmed Yersin's discovery that the bacterium Yersinia pestis is the agent of the plague. Source: Internet
It soon replaced tracheostomy as the emergency diphtheric intubation method. citation In 1888, Emile Roux and Alexandre Yersin showed that a substance produced by C. diphtheriae caused symptoms of diphtheria in animals. Source: Internet
The boisterous atmosphere in front of the statue of Hanoi’s suicide defenders has drawn the participation of many foreigners too, such as Celie Frederic, a teacher of The Lycée français Alexandre Yersin, an international French school in Hanoi. Source: Internet