Divided Legacy
Subtitle: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought; Vol IV, Twentieth-Century Medicine, The Bacteriological Era.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: October 6, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 776
ISBN-13: 9781556431708
Subjects: Popular medicine; History Of Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; History; Medical / Alternative Medicine
First sentence: The twentieth century is called the "bacteriological era" because the discovery of microorganisms and the associated doctrine of "specific diseases" put a stamp on medical thought which seemed to render earlier therapeutic principles obsolete.