Germ theory : medical pioneers in infectious diseases /
From Hippocrates to Lillian Wald, the stories of scientists whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection. Describes the genesis of the germ theory of disease by a dozen seminal thinkers such as Jenner, Lister, and Ehrlich. Presents the "inside stories" of these pioneers�...
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| Language: | English |
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ASM Press,
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Table of 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.