The Discovery Of The Germ

Author : John Waller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231131506
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Germ written by John Waller and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts how, why, and by whom germ theory was transformed from a hotly disputed speculation to a central tenet of modern medicine.

Author : Kristin Thiel
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502627752
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Germ Theory of Disease written by Kristin Thiel and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Pasteur’s contributions were based upon innovations like the microscope, how Lister’s and Koch’s theories built upon Pasteur’s discoveries, and how germ theory continues to evolve today in the era of superbugs.

Author : Brandon Terrell
Publisher : Graphic Universe TM
ISBN 13 : 1728465281
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Germs written by Brandon Terrell and published by Graphic Universe TM. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Krieger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737967613
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Germs written by John Krieger and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309101174
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science, Medicine, and Animals written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-19 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Waller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756789114
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Germ written by John Waller and published by . This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Arno Karlen
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385720661
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biography of a Germ written by Arno Karlen and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Nancy Tomes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674257146
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gospel of Germs written by Nancy Tomes and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Louis Pasteur
Publisher : Great Minds Series
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine & on the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery written by Louis Pasteur and published by Great Minds Series. This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : W. D. Foster
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 1483162451
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Medical Bacteriology and Immunology written by W. D. Foster and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.