The seeds and the worms: Ludwik Fleck and the early history of germ theories

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-76

  Brorson, Stig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COSMOS; CULTURAL FACTOR; GERM THEORY; HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYSTICISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY CONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLAND; SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 32444436124     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0004     Document Type: Review

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