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George H. Scherr

 
9780761855552: Why Millions Died: Before the War on Infectious Diseases
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ISBN 10: 0761855556 ISBN 13: 9780761855552
Editorial: UPA, 2011

Sinopsis

Why Millions Died reviews the painfully slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. The brutally contentious and vivid arguments that raged between the proponents of the germ theory of disease and those who condemned it from both the scientific community and the pulpits delayed the implementation of vaccines and antimicrobial agents. Such delays resulted in millions of deaths until the professional communities and the general public began to believe that certain health measures could protect against infection and reduce the enormous death tolls from disease. Preeminent among these workers was an Italian scientist, Agostino Bassi, who articulated the germ theory of disease following twenty years of research. Approximately thirty years later, Pasteur repeated Bassis research in order to gain prestige as the savior of the germ theory of disease. Pasteur was also discovered to have committed fraud in claiming he had developed a vaccine for anthrax - only to be exposed by the brilliant German microbiologist, Robert Koch.

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Acerca del autor

George H. Scherr, Ph.D., has been engaged in infectious disease research for sixty-nine years. He was a tenured professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois School of Medicine.

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Editorial
UPA
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0761855556
ISBN 13 
9780761855552
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
158
Contacto del fabricante
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