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| | The Pasteur Institute |
 | | Metchnikoff, whom Roux described as "this 45-year old from the heart of Europe, with an impassioned face, blazing eyes, untidy hair, definitely with the air of the demon of science", and finally doctor Roux himself, the student so devoted to the Master. |
 | | Roux, who was a severe character, a sort of secular saint, reinforced this style of leadership by giving the Institute a sense of hierarchy, a slightly cold military aspect. |
 | | As Roux's assistant, he worked with the latter on diphtheria, and he proved the existence and the role of the "poison", the first known toxin. |
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