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First BCG Vaccination

France · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1921

Albert Calmette18 July 1921

Paris · Science / Medicine

Administers the first human BCG vaccination with clinical collaborators.

Names involved

Albert Calmette

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