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Pages: 214
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The Gospel of Germs
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Authors: Nancy Tomes
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Germ Theory and Its Applications to Medicine & on the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery
Language: en
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Authors: Louis Pasteur
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Before the introduction of antisepsis and inoculation, people commonly died due to unsanitary conditions in the home, or following surgery or childbirth. Betwee