Spreading germs : disease theories and medical practice in Britain, 1865-1900 / Michael Worboys.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 327 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Cambridge studies in the history of medicine
Contiene:
Indice: Illustrations. Abbreviations. Preface. Introduction. 1. Medical practice and disease theories (c. 1865) 2. Veterinary medicine, the cattle plague and contagion (1865-1890) 3. Germs in the air: surgeons, hospitalism and sepsis (1865-1876) 4. Something definite to guide in your sanitary precautions: sanitary science, poisons and contagium viva (1866-1880) 5. Deeper than the surface of the wound: surgeons antisepsis and asepsis (1876-1900) 6. From heredity to infection: tubercolosis, bacteriology and medicine (1870-1900) 7. Preventive medicine and the bacteriological era. Conclusion. Select bibliography
Mooney, Graham. Recensione].