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Pioneers of medicine and their impact on tuberculosis
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- Creator
- Thomas M. Daniel
- Other Title
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- Pioneers in medicine and their impact on tuberculosis
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2000
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781580460675, 1580460674
- OCLC
- ocm44775057
- "Notes": pages [210]-235.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Tuberculosis -- History.
- Medical scientists -- Biography.
- Tuberculosis -- history.
Medical Subject Heading
- Science -- biography.
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