The fungus fighters
Subtitle: two women scientists and their discovery
By: Richard S. Baldwin ; with a foreword by Gilbert Dalldorf.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Brown, Rachel, 1898-1980; Hazen, Elizabeth Lee, 1888-; Microbiologists -- United States -- Biography; Chemists -- United States -- Biography; Women microbiologists -- United States -- Biography; Nystatin -- History; Antibiotics -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: Depicts the discovery of nystatin, the first safe and effective antibiotic for the treatment of human fungal diseases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.