The Conquest of Tuberculosis

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waksman, Selman A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Tuberculosis.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part I. EARLY HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS. EMPIRICAL METHODS OF TREATMENT
  • 1. Since Time Immemorial Man Has Been Afflicted by a Dreadful Disease, Variously Known as Phthisis, Scrofula, Consumption, and Tuberculosis
  • 2. Tuberculosis in Literature and in the Arts
  • 3. Infectious Nature of Tuberculosis Early Attempts at Treatment
  • Part II. TUBERCULOSIS IN MODERN TIMES
  • 4. The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Laennec Discovers the Stethoscope. Subsequent Discoveries
  • 5. Villemin and Koch Establish the Role of the Tuberculosis Organism as the Causative Agent. Further Attempts at Prevention and Treatment
  • Part III. CHEMOTHERAPY, CONTROL, AND FINAL CONQUEST OF TUBERCULOSIS
  • 6. The Advent of Antibiotics
  • 7. Streptomycin and the Beginnings of True Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis
  • 8. Personal Experiences of Effectiveness of Streptomycin on Tuberculous Meningitis and Other Forms of Tuberculosis
  • 9. New Antibiotics and Antituberculous Synthetic Compounds Supplement Streptomycin
  • 10. The Conquest of Tuberculosis
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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