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Victor Vaughan : a biography of the pioneering bacteriologist, 1851-1929 / Richard Adler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adler, Rich, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vaughan, Victor C. (Victor Clarence), 1851-1929.
- Vaughan, Victor C.
- Bacteriologists--United States--Biography.
- Bacteriologists.
- Physicians.
- Michigan.
- United States.
- Bacteriology--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Physicians.
- Michigan.
- Bacteriology--history.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 209 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Victor Vaughan was instrumental in modernizing medical training at Michigan, his work in areas of hygiene, epidemiology and the study of toxins and infectious disease was highly regarded on the national scene. Vaughan's professional work included more than 250 published papers and some 17 books, many that outlined laboratory techniques which modernized the field of bacteriology"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Origin and evolution of the medical school at the university
- Victor Clarence Vaughan : the early years
- Member of the faculty
- Dean of medicine
- Ptomaines and leucomaines
- War and disease
- The interim, 1898/1916
- The 1910s : dean and national service again
- Influenza and the great war
- Retirement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786495993
- 0786495995
- OCLC:
- 898218109
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