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100 1 $aGaynes, Robert P.
245 10 $aGerm theory :$bmedical pioneers in infectious diseases /$cRobert P. Gaynes.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bASM Press,$cc2011.
300 $axii, 329 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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 -- Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin -- Lillian Wald and the foundations of modern public health -- Conclusions.
520 $a"From Hippocrates and Avicenna to Paul Ehrlich and Lillian Wald, Germ Theory brings to life a dozen medical pioneers whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection."-back cover.
650 0 $aGerm theory of disease$xHistory.
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650 0 $aMicrobiologists$vBiography.
650 12 $aGerm Theory of Disease$xhistory.
650 12 $aInfectious Disease Medicine$vBiography.
650 22 $aCommunicable Diseases$xmicrobiology.
650 22 $aMicrobiology$vBiography.
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