Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in relation to Putrefaction and Infection
de TYNDALL, John
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New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 20cm, first American edition, 338p., text engraved figures, appendix, rear ads, original blind stamped decorated brick brown cloth, gilt spine titles, fine copy (Ihmds). ~ Classic studies of Victorian medical sanitary practices and knowledge by Irish physicist, John Tyndall (1820-1893). Essays include: On Dust and Disease; Optical Deportment of the Atmosphere in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection; Further Researches on the Deportment and Vitality of Putrefactive Organisms; Fermentation, and its Bearings on Surgery and Medicine; Spontaneous Generation. "Dirt was fatal, not as dirt, but because contained living germs which are the cause of putrefaction". (Introductory Note). John Tyndall was considered one of the most influential scientists in the Victoria era. His experiments in microbiology and bacteriology contributed to the revolutionizing of the art of surgery.
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- Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in relation to Putrefaction and Infection
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- TYNDALL, John
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- New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1882
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- BRITISH NINETEENTH CENTURY MEDICINE SURGERY SANITATION MICROBIOLOGY BACTERIOLOGY PHYSICS TYNDALL PUTREFACTION FIRST EDITION
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