Mechnikov

[kelber at mindspring.com]

There's a chapter devoted to him in Paul De Kruif's book, The Microbe Hunters.  He was an emotional guy.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 9, 2006 1:00 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Mechnikov
>
>In 1908, the same year as the Tunguska event, the Russian microbiologist 
>Ilya Mechnikov received the Nobel prize in medicine for his research of 
>phagocytosis. Quite possible that Mechnikov's ideas might find their way 
>into the new novel as well. I remember watching some TV feature in which it 
>was said that Mussolini really liked the notion of the organism's struggle 
>against foreign bodies and suggested something like 'social phagocytosis' 
>meaning society's duty to get rid of any alien elements. I couldn't find 
>anything in the Internet to corroborate the latter.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Mechnikov
>
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