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

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

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

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

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Publisher

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011.

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N616.9041/7

Record Identifier

74VvR57wW683

MMS ID

991009262139702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xii, 329 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

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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Publisher

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2011.

Place of Publication

District of Columbia

Date Published

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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Date Copyright

c2011.

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N616.9041/7

Record Identifier

74VvR57wW683

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvR57wW683

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ISBN

1555815294 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9781555815295 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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616.90410922

MMS ID

991009262139702626

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