The doctors' plague germs, childbed fever, and the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis
Analyzes how doctor Ignac Semmelweis's reforms of the medical field led to his discovery of the correlation between hand washing and reduced infection, recounting how his work contributed to the establishment of germ theory.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
W.W. Norton
[2003]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Great discoveries
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004331079708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | Analyzes how doctor Ignac Semmelweis's reforms of the medical field led to his discovery of the correlation between hand washing and reduced infection, recounting how his work contributed to the establishment of germ theory. |
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| Physical Description: | 191 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas. |
| ISBN: | 9780393052992 |
