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Life with the Pneumococcus : Notes from the Bedside, Laboratory, and Library /

Because of the high fatality rate of untreated pneumococcal pneumonia, both the disease and its principal cause, the pneumococcus, were objects of intense scrutiny by physicians and bacteriologists during the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. As a result...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Austrian, Robert
Otros Autores: Thomas, Lewis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Because of the high fatality rate of untreated pneumococcal pneumonia, both the disease and its principal cause, the pneumococcus, were objects of intense scrutiny by physicians and bacteriologists during the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. As a result, scientists learned much of the fundamental importance to microbiology, immunology, and genetics while developing the pneumococcal vaccine.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : 14 illustrations
ISBN:9781512800135
1512800139