Was there a Bacteriological Revolution in late nineteenth-century medicine?

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-42

  Worboys, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Historiography; Medicine; Nineteenth century; Revolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RABIES; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; RABIES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33847135668     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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