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Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / Robert Gaynes.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Gaynes, Robert P., author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
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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