Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / Robert P. Gaynes.
Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / Robert P. Gaynes.
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Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011.
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N616.9041/7
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English
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xii, 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Introduction -- 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 disco...
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Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011.
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District of Columbia
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c2011.
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Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases / Robert P. Gaynes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N616.9041/7
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74VvR57wW683
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1555815294 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781555815295 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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616.90410922
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991009262139702626