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The Discovery of the Germ: Twenty Years That Transformed The Way We Think About Disease (Revolutions in Science)
The Discovery of the Germ Twenty Years That Transformed The Way We Think About Disease - Revolutions in Science
Author: John Waller
From the time of Hippocrates to that of Louis Pasteur, the medical profession relied on plausible but almost wholly mistaken ideas about the causes of and best treatments for infectious illness. Bleeding, purging, and mysterious nostrums remained staple remedies, and surgeons, often wearing filthy butcher's aprons, blithely spread infection from...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231131506
ISBN-10: 023113150X
Publication Date: 10/1/2003
Pages: 200
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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