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Autore |
Gaynes Robert P |
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Titolo |
Germ theory [[electronic resource] ] : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / / Robert P. Gaynes |
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Washington, DC, : ASM Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-68367-349-2 |
1-68367-110-4 |
1-283-65647-7 |
1-55581-722-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Germ theory of disease - History |
Medical scientists |
Microbiologists |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine; Chapter 3 Avicenna, a Thousand Years Ahead of His Time; Chapter 4 Girolamo Fracastoro and Contagion in Renaissance Medicine; Chapter 5 Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the Birth of Microscopy; Chapter 6 The Demise of the Humoral Theory of Medicine; Chapter 7 Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination; Chapter 8 Ignaz Semmelweis and the Control of Puerperal Sepsis; Chapter 9 Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease |
Chapter 10 Robert Koch and the Rise of BacteriologyChapter 11 Joseph Lister, the Man Who Made Surgery Safe; Chapter 12 Paul Ehrlich and the Magic Bullet; Chapter 13 Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin; Chapter 14 Lillian Wald and the Foundations of Modern Public Health; Chapter 15 Conclusions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From Hippocrates to Lillian Wald-the stories of scientists whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection. |
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