Michael Worboys,
Michael (Sheffield Hallam University) Worboys
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2000
9780521773027
Spreading Germs
Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865–1900
Specificaties
Gebonden, 346 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2000
ISBN13: 9780521773027
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cambridge Studies in
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Spreading Germs discusses how modern ideas on the bacterial causes of communicable diseases were constructed and spread within the British medical profession in the last third of the nineteenth century. Michael Worboys surveys many existing interpretations of this pivotal moment in modern medicine. He shows that there were many germ theories of disease, and that these were developed and used in different ways across veterinary medicine, surgery, public health and general medicine. The growth of bacteriology is considered in relation to the evolution of medical practice rather than as a separate science of germs.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521773027
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:346
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Cambridge Studies in
Inhoudsopgave
Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Medical practice and disease theories, c.1865; 2. Veterinary medicine, the cattle plague and contagion, 1865–90; 3. Germs in the air: surgeons, hospitalism and sepsis, c.1865–76; 4. 'Something definite to guide you in your sanitary precautions': sanitary science, poisons and contagium viva, 1866–80; 5. 'Deeper than the surface of the wound': surgeons antisepsis and asepsis, 1876–1900; 6. From heredity to infection: tuberculosis, bacteriology and medicine, 1870–1900; 7. Preventive medicine and the 'bacteriological era'; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.