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Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / Robert Gaynes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaynes, Robert P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germ theory of disease--History.
- Germ theory of disease.
- Medical scientists--Biography.
- Medical scientists.
- Microbiologists--Biography.
- Microbiologists.
- Microbiology.
- Physicians.
- Infectious Disease Medicine.
- Germ Theory of Disease--history.
- Communicable Diseases--microbiology.
- Microbiology--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Physicians.
- Infectious Disease Medicine.
- Germ Theory of Disease--history.
- Communicable Diseases--microbiology.
- Microbiology--history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2023]
- Washington, DC : ASM Press
- Contents:
- Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine
- Avicenna, a Thousand Years Ahead of His Time
- Girolamo Fracastoro and Contagion in Renaissance Medicine
- Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the Birth of Microscopy
- The Demise of the Humoral Theory of Medicine
- Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination
- Ignaz Semmelweis and the Control of Puerperal Sepsis
- Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease
- Robert Koch and the Rise of Bacteriology
- Joseph Lister, the Man Who Made Surgery Safe
- Paul Ehrlich and the Magic Bullet
- Lillian Wald and the Foundations of Modern Public Health
- Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin
- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and the Discovery of the Human mmunodeficiency Virus
- Barry Marshall and Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Anthony Fauci : America's Top Infectious Disease Doctor.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gaynes, Robert P. Germ theory
- ISBN:
- 9781683673781
- 1683673786
- 9781683673774
- 1683673778
- Publisher Number:
- 40031872777
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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