Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases /: medical pioneers in infectious diseases. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert P. Gaynes.
• Other Names: Gaynes, Robert P
• 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 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : ASM Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 616.9/0410922; Germ theory of disease -- History; Medical scientists -- Biography; Microbiologists -- Biography; Germ Theory of Disease -- history; Infectious Disease Medicine; Communicable Diseases -- microbiology; Microbiology; Germ theory of disease; Medical scientists; Microbiologists; Geschichte; Infektionskrankheit; Wissenschaftler; Biography; Biography; Biographies; History; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781683673491
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.