Microbe hunters by Paul De Kruif
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| Author | De Kruif, Paul, 1890-1971 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 26005317 |
| Title | Microbe hunters |
| Original Publication | New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1926. |
| Contents | Leeuwenhoek: first of the microbe hunters -- Spallanzani: microbes must have parents! -- Pasteur: microbes are a menace! -- Koch: the death fighter -- Pasteur: and the mad dog -- Roux and Behring: massacre the guinea-pigs -- Metchnikoff: the nice phagocytes -- Theobald Smith: ticks and Texas fever -- Bruce: trail of the tsetse -- Ross vs. Grassi: malaria -- Walter Reed: in the interest of science, and for humanity! -- Paul Ehrlich: the magic bullet. |
| Credits | Dori Allard, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QR: Science: Microbiology |
| Subject | Bacteriologists |
| Subject | Bacteriology -- History |
| Subject | Microorganisms |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77842 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-77842-6 |
| Release Date | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1074 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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