Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / / Robert P. Gaynes
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| Autore: |
Gaynes Robert P
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| Titolo: |
Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / / Robert P. Gaynes
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : ASM Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 616.90410922 |
| Soggetto topico: | Germ theory of disease - History |
| Medical scientists | |
| Microbiologists | |
| Microbiology | |
| Infectious Disease Medicine | |
| Germ Theory of Disease - history | |
| Communicable Diseases - microbiology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Biography |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Hippocrates to Lillian Wald-the stories of scientists whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Germ theory |
| ISBN: | 9781683673491 |
| 1683673492 | |
| 9781683671107 | |
| 1683671104 | |
| 9781283656474 | |
| 1283656477 | |
| 9781555817220 | |
| 155581722X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911019664303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Textbook, ASM Press.