Spreading Germs discusses how modern ideas on the nature and causes of infectious diseases were constructed and spread within the British medical profession during the last third of the nineteenth century. Michael Worboys challenges many existing interpretations, arguing that at various times there were many germ theories that developed in different ways and did not always embrace science and the use of laboratories. It was the discipline of bacteriology that institutionalized the various new ideas and practices during the 1880s, and in a way that was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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"Overall, Worboys's monograph is a challenging and extremely readable medical history of germs. It will be essential reading for students taking history of medicine programs." William H. Brock, Isis
"...the book reveals - and re-defines - a fascinating international picture of evolving germ theories involving complex interactions between scientific theoreticians and medical and veterinary practitioners...I would recommend this as essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of biomedical science and public health." Nursing History Review
"In Spreading Germs, Worboys deepens and clarifies our understanding of biomedical science, both on its own terms and in its larger sociopolitical context." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
"...a competent, scholarly presentation of its subject..." Albion
"Worboys has provided a significant piece of scholarship as he considers the relationship between changing disease theory and medical practice. It is a great addition to the history of medicine, and could well be instuctive to historians of any field." Journal of World History
"...the book reveals - and re-defines - a fascinating international picture of evolving germ theories involving complex interactions between scientific theoreticians and medical and veterinary practitioners...I would recommend this as essential reading for anyone with an interest in the history of biomedical science and public health." Nursing History Review
"In Spreading Germs, Worboys deepens and clarifies our understanding of biomedical science, both on its own terms and in its larger sociopolitical context." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
"...a competent, scholarly presentation of its subject..." Albion
"Worboys has provided a significant piece of scholarship as he considers the relationship between changing disease theory and medical practice. It is a great addition to the history of medicine, and could well be instuctive to historians of any field." Journal of World History
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Spreading Germs discusses how modern ideas on the nature and causes of infectious diseases were constructed and spread within the British medical profession during the last third of the nineteenth century. Michael Worboys challenges many existing interpretations, arguing that at various times there were many germ theories that developed in different ways and did not always embrace science and the use of laboratories. It was the discipline of bacteriology that institutionalized the various new ideas and practices during the 1880s, and in a way that was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bacterial germ theories, veterinary policing, germ practices, living germ theories, intimate pathology, germ theorists, septic diseases, septic germs, germinal matter, localised pathology, septic bacteria, carbolic acid dressings, antiseptic management, personal infection, vaccine lymph, glandular theory, zymotic diseases, germ science, septic poisons, antiseptic system, soil metaphor, vital resistance, variable virulence, parasitic theory, antiseptic treatment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Commission, Veterinary Department, Cambridge University Press, Privy Council, University College, King's College, John Tyndall, Spreading Germs, Joseph Lister, Annual Meeting, Edward Klein, International Medical Congress, Cleanliness School, Florence Nightingale, John Simon, New York, Hughes Bennett, Lionel Beale, Oxford University Press, Poor Law, Spencer Wells, Animals Act, Longmans Green, Princeton University Press, Alexander Ogston New!
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bacterial germ theories, veterinary policing, germ practices, living germ theories, intimate pathology, germ theorists, septic diseases, septic germs, germinal matter, localised pathology, septic bacteria, carbolic acid dressings, antiseptic management, personal infection, vaccine lymph, glandular theory, zymotic diseases, germ science, septic poisons, antiseptic system, soil metaphor, vital resistance, variable virulence, parasitic theory, antiseptic treatment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Commission, Veterinary Department, Cambridge University Press, Privy Council, University College, King's College, John Tyndall, Spreading Germs, Joseph Lister, Annual Meeting, Edward Klein, International Medical Congress, Cleanliness School, Florence Nightingale, John Simon, New York, Hughes Bennett, Lionel Beale, Oxford University Press, Poor Law, Spencer Wells, Animals Act, Longmans Green, Princeton University Press, Alexander Ogston New!
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- Robert Koch (Japanese Edition) by T.D. Brock in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 187
- Origin of Life by H. Charlton Bastian on page 87, page 88, and Back Matter
- The Therapeutic Perspective by John Harley Warner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nutritional Surveillance: 2nd: Sub-committee Report (Health & Social Subjects Reports) by Dept.of Health & Social Security on page 50, and Back Matter
- Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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