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Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865–1900 - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Worboys, Michael (Sheffield Hallam University)
Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865–1900 - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Worboys, Michael (Sheffield Hallam University)
Spreading Germs discusses how modern ideas on the bacterial causes of communicable diseases were constructed and spread within the British medical profession in the last third of the nineteenth century. Michael Worboys surveys many existing interpretations of this pivotal moment in modern medicine.
344 pages, 16 b/w illus. 3 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 16, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780521773027 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Dimensions | 160 × 234 × 23 mm · 602 g |
Series Editor | Jones, Colin |
Series Editor | Rosenberg, Charles E. |
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