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Author:
Daniel, Thomas M.
Title:
Pioneers of medicine and their impact on tuberculosis / Thomas M. Daniel.
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press,
Copyright Date:
2000
Description:
xiii, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Tuberculosis--History.
Medical scientists.--Biography.
Tuberculosis--History.
Science.--biography.
Notes:
"Notes": p. [210]-235. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Medicine and the white plague. Medical history and tuberculosis - the warp and the weft -- The pathogenesis and natural history of tuberculosis -- The origins and epidemic spread of tuberculosis. Six pioneers. René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec, 1781-1826, pioneer of pathology -- Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, 1843-1901, pioneer of bacteriology -- Hermann Michael Biggs, 1859-1923, pioneer of public health -- Clemens von Pirquet, 1874-1929, pioneer of immunology -- Wade Hampton Frost, 1880-1938, pioneer of epidemiology -- Selman Abraham Waksman, 1888-1973, pioneer of antibiotics. Epilogue. Reflections.
ISBN:
9781580460675 (alk. paper)
1580460674 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)44775057
LCCN:
00062850
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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