Spreading Germs
Subtitle: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 18651900 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521034470
Subjects: History of medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; Public Health; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; Medical / History; Medical-Public Health; Public health--Great Britain--History--19th c; Public health--Great Britain--History--19th century
First sentence: To set the scene for the construction, use and spread of germ theories of disease after 1865, in this chapter 1 consider the mid-Victorian medical profession and the prevailing ideas on the nature of disease.