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> On a side note, d'Hérelle was a fantastic adventurer and his life is fascinating (the French version of [1] has a nice summary), even moreso than Yersin's (the discoverer of the bacteria responsible for the Plague[2], and founder of the city of Đà Lạt[3] in Vietnam)

Did you mean Alexandre Yersin or was Félix d'Hérelle also in Việt Nam at the time?

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I meant Yersin. His biography is pretty awesome, yet d'Hérelle is still even more badass:

France military deserter, he fled to Canada and founded an alcohol making business there, then in Mexico. Self taught biologist as a hobby (he dreamed of becoming the next Pasteur), he found a way to use a bacteria as a pest control against crickets before discovering the first known bactoriophage. He then developed a bacteriophage-based cure for dysentery, plague and cholera.

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