Pioneers of medicine and their impact on tuberculosis / Thomas M. Daniel.

Author/creator Daniel, Thomas M., 1928-
Format Book
Publication InfoRochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2000.
Descriptionxiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography note"Notes": p. [210]-235.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00062850
ISBN1580460674 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781580460675 (alk. paper)

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