The Conquest of Tuberculosis / Selman A. Waksman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1964]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. Since Time Immemorial Man Has Been Afflicted by a Dreadful Disease, Variously Known as Phthisis, Scrofula, Consumption, and Tuberculosis

2. Tuberculosis in Literature and in the Arts

3. Infectious Nature of Tuberculosis Early Attempts at Treatment

4. The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Laennec Discovers the Stethoscope. Subsequent Discoveries

5. Villemin and Koch Establish the Role of the Tuberculosis Organism as the Causative Agent. Further Attempts at Prevention and Treatment

6. The Advent of Antibiotics

7. Streptomycin and the Beginnings of True Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis

8. Personal Experiences of Effectiveness of Streptomycin on Tuberculous Meningitis and Other Forms of Tuberculosis

9. New Antibiotics and Antituberculous Synthetic Compounds Supplement Streptomycin

10. The Conquest of Tuberculosis

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520328471

0520328477

OCLC:

1149432755