Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis

Name: Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis
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ISBN: 9781580460675

ISBN-10: 1580460674

ISBN-13: 9781580460675

Edition: 2000

Authors: Thomas M. Daniel

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Throughout history, tuberculosis has been at or near the top of the list of infectious diseases that have plagued humankind. This pervasive disease has had a central position not only in causing illness but also in challenging medical scientists to understand it - and, in so doing, to further understand all of human health and illness. Pioneers in Medicine and Their Impact on Tuberculosis tells the stories of six of these individuals: Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (pathology), Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (bacteriology), Hermann Michael Biggs (public health), Clemens von Pirquet (immunology), Wade Hampton Frost (epidemiology), and Selman Abraham Waksman (antibiotics). It examines not…

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List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Publication date: 12/21/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.37" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Portraits


List of Figures and Tables


Introduction


Acknowledgments



Medicine and the White Plague



Medical History and Tuberculosis--The Warp and the Weft



The Pathogenesis and Natural History of Tuberculosis



The Origins and Epidemic Spread of Tuberculosis



Six Pioneers



Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, 1781-1826, Pioneer of Pathology



Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, 1843-1901, Pioneer of Bacteriology



Hermann Michael Biggs, 1859-1923, Pioneer of Public Health



Clemens von Pirquet, 1874-1929, Pioneer of Immunology



Wade Hampton Frost, 1880-1938, Pioneer of Epidemiology



Selman Abraham Waksman, 1888-1973, Pioneer of Antibiotics



Epilogue



Reflections


Notes


Glossary


Index