Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues How Microbes, War, and Public Health Shaped Animal Health

• 1. Verfasser: Cheville, Norman F (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Purdue University Press 2021
• Schlagworte: History of science
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Pioneer Science and the Great Plagues covers the century when infectious plagues-anthrax, tuberculosis, tetanus, plague, smallpox, and polio-were conquered, and details the important role that veterinary scientists played. The narrative is driven by astonishing events that centered on animal disease...