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Author : John Waller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Germ theory of disease
ISBN : 023113150X
Charts how, why, and by whom germ theory was transformed from a hotly disputed speculation to a central tenet of modern medicine.
Author : John Waller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Bacteria
ISBN : 0756789117
From Hippocrates to Louis Pasteur, the medical profession relied on mistaken ideas as to the cause of infectious illness. Bleeding, induced vomiting & mysterious nostrums remained staple remedies. Surgeons spread infection from patient to patient. Then came the germ revolution: after two decades doctors at last realized that infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms. The discovery of the germ led directly to safe surgery, large-scale vaccination programs, improvements in hygiene & sanitation, & the pasteurization of dairy products. It set the stage for the brilliant emergence of antibiotic medicine. Here is a gripping insight into 20 years in the history of medicine that profoundly changed the way we view disease. Illustrations.
Author : John Krieger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737967618
What Does It Take to Make a Scientific Discovery? In the year 1600, gnats and fleas were the smallest creatures known, and plagues were still unexplained and unstoppable natural disasters. By 1900, many of the parasitic microbes responsible for our deadliest diseases had been found, identified, and conquered. What happened in the 300 years in between? How did we go from ignorance and helplessness to understanding and power? The Discovery of Germs briefly tells the story of this long and challenging journey and provides a detailed example of how we can climb from primitive ignorance to scientific certainty. From Galileo and the invention of the microscope, through the creative use of experiments to learn about the lives of microbes, to Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch and the triumph of the Germ Theory of Disease, follow along with the scientists as they make their historical achievements, and witness the virtues that made these achievements possible.
Author : Brandon Terrell
Publisher : Graphic Universe TM
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728465289
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Earth is home to trillions of germs. But for most of human history, people didn't know germs existed! Healers of the past had different ideas about illnesses and their cures. They blamed illnesses on other causes and sometimes tried dangerous treatments. The invention of tools such as the microscope changed everything, allowing doctors and scientists to see germs and study their effects. This vivid graphic history profiles the people who helped discover germs. Discover the ongoing breakthroughs in research—and germs' surprising benefits for safety and sustainable energy.
Author : Robert P. Gaynes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781555817220
Named as Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2012 From Hippocrates to Lillian Wald—the stories of scientists whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection. Describes the genesis of the germ theory of disease by a dozen seminal thinkers such as Jenner, Lister, and Ehrlich. Presents the "inside stories" of these pioneers' struggles to have their work accepted, which can inform strategies for tackling current crises in infectious diseases and motivate and support today's scientists. Relevant to anyone interested in microbiology, infectious disease, or how medical discoveries shape our modern understanding
Author : Kristin Thiel
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502627759
From ancient times until the early nineteenth century, many medical practitioners believed that the body contained four humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Humoral doctrine stated that balancing these humors was the key to health. Then in the mid-1800s, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Robert Koch shattered these misconceptions and established our modern understanding of germs. These scientists were pioneers, and their legacy is medical practice rooted in scientific evidence. This book looks at how Pasteurs contributions were based upon innovations like the microscope, how Listers and Kochs theories built upon Pasteurs discoveries, and how germ theory continues to evolve today in the era of superbugs.
Author : W. D. Foster
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483162454
A History of Medical Bacteriology and Immunology provides the account of the history of bacteriology from the year 1900 to 1938. This book presents details about the discovery of the important pathogenic bacteria of man, of how they were shown to be causally related to disease, and of the use of these discoveries in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Other topics discussed include the development of the germ theory of infectious diseases; contribution of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch to medical bacteriology; and discovery of the more important human pathogenic bacteria. This text also discusses the scientific basis and practical application of immunology to medicine; main developments in bacteriology during the early 20th century; and chemotherapy of bacterial disease. This medically oriented text is beneficial for students and individuals conducting study on medical bacteriology and immunology.
Author : Kristin Thiel
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502627742
From ancient times until the early nineteenth century, many medical practitioners believed that the body contained four humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. Humoral doctrine stated that balancing these humors was the key to health. Then in the mid-1800s, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, and Robert Koch shattered these misconceptions and established our modern understanding of germs. These scientists were pioneers, and their legacy is medical practice rooted in scientific evidence. This book looks at how Pasteurs contributions were based upon innovations like the microscope, how Listers and Kochs theories built upon Pasteurs discoveries, and how germ theory continues to evolve today in the era of superbugs.
Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309101172
Science, Medicine, and Animals explains the role that animals play in biomedical research and the ways in which scientists, governments, and citizens have tried to balance the experimental use of animals with a concern for all living creatures. An accompanying Teacher's Guide is available to help teachers of middle and high school students use Science, Medicine, and Animals in the classroom. As students examine the issues in Science, Medicine, and Animals, they will gain a greater understanding of the goals of biomedical research and the real-world practice of the scientific method in general. Science, Medicine, and Animals and the Teacher's Guide were written by the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research and published by the National Research Council of the National Academies. The report was reviewed by a committee made up of experts and scholars with diverse perspectives, including members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, the Humane Society of the United States, and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Teacher's Guide was reviewed by members of the National Academies' Teacher Associates Network. Science, Medicine, and Animals is recommended by the National Science Teacher's Association NSTA Recommends.
Author : Louis Pasteur
Publisher : Great Minds Series
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018315817
Before the introduction of antisepsis and inoculation, people commonly died due to unsanitary conditions in the home, or following surgery or childbirth. Between them, the great scientists Louis Pasteur (1822-1893) and Joseph Lister (1827-1912) extended widely the practice of inoculation and revolutionized medical practice. Pasteur's discovery that living organisms are the cause of fermentation formed the basis of the modern germ theory. Following Pasteur's researches, Lister proceeded to develop his antiseptic surgical methods. These breakthroughs in medicine are to be reckoned among the greatest discoveries of the nineteenth century.
Author : Judith Herbst
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822529095
Tells the story of how scientists learned about germs and revolutionized medicine.
Author : Nancy Tomes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674257146
AIDS. Ebola. "Killer microbes." All around us the alarms are going off, warning of the danger of new, deadly diseases. And yet, as Nancy Tomes reminds us in her absorbing book, this is really nothing new. A remarkable work of medical and cultural history, The Gospel of Germs takes us back to the first great "germ panic" in American history, which peaked in the early 1900s, to explore the origins of our modern disease consciousness. Little more than a hundred years ago, ordinary Americans had no idea that many deadly ailments were the work of microorganisms, let alone that their own behavior spread such diseases. The Gospel of Germs shows how the revolutionary findings of late nineteenth-century bacteriology made their way from the laboratory to the lavatory and kitchen, with public health reformers spreading the word and women taking up the battle on the domestic front. Drawing on a wealth of advice books, patent applications, advertisements, and oral histories, Tomes traces the new awareness of the microbe as it radiated outward from middle-class homes into the world of American business and crossed the lines of class, gender, ethnicity, and race. Just as we take some of the weapons in this germ war for granted--fixtures as familiar as the white porcelain toilet, the window screen, the refrigerator, and the vacuum cleaner--so we rarely think of the drastic measures deployed against disease in the dangerous old days before antibiotics. But, as Tomes notes, many of the hygiene rules first popularized in those days remain the foundation of infectious disease control today. Her work offers a timely look into the history of our long-standing obsession with germs, its impact on twentieth-century culture and society, and its troubling new relevance to our own lives.
Author : Philip M. Tierno
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0743421884
Traces the history of germs, discussing how germs have been viewed and treated throughout time and explains why germs now pose an even greater risk to mankind than ever before.
Author : Arno Karlen
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385720663
Arno Karlen, author of Man and Microbes, focuses on a single bacterium in Biography of a Germ, giving us an intimate view of a life that has been shaped by and is in turn transforming our own. Borrelia burgdorferi is the germ that causes Lyme disease. In existence for some hundred million years, it was discovered only recently. Exploring its evolution, its daily existence, and its journey from ticks to mice to deer to humans, Karlen lucidly examines the life and world of this recently prominent germ. He also describes how it attacks the human body, and how by changing the environment, people are now much more likely to come into contact with it. Charming and thorough and smart, this book is a wonderfully written biography of your not so typical biographical subject.
Author : Jason Tetro
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385685771
SOME GERMS ARE OUT TO GET US. . . . But we shouldn’t let a delinquent, pathogenic minority taint our view of the other 99.9 per cent. The microbes living on and inside us outnumber the cells in our bodies three to one. Many provide services on which our well-being, our moods, our very lives depend. They help to digest our food and operate the immune system. They trade information about potential mates when we kiss. They alert the brain to problems in different locations around the body. The balance of their populations in our gut is a crucial factor in our physical and mental health. The effect of germs on our lives is not, however, a one-way street. We can help their efforts by the way we lead our lives. The Germ Files is a one-stop source of the most up-to-date, life-changing information on our relationship with microbes, presented in concise and highly readable items grouped by theme. Areas covered include health, hygiene, sex, childcare, nutrition and dieting. The Germ Files will answer your questions about everything from preventing flu to selecting probiotics, while constantly surprising you with revelations about the miraculous workings of the microscopic world.