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The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, And The Strange Story Of Ignac Semmelweis
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
November 30, 2004
Pages
205
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393326253
ISBN-10
039332625X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An analysis of nineteenth-century Viennese doctor Ignac Semmelweis's reforms of the medical establishment describes his discovery of the correlation between hand washing and reduced infection, recounting how his early work contributed to the subsequent establishment of germ theory. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 1, 2003)
9780393052992 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $21.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (November 30, 2004)
9780393326253 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (May 29, 2008)
9781435291294 | details & prices | 205 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $22.95
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