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The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life

Nancy Tomes 1998 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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  • 9780674357082 (paper)
  • 9780674357075 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Medicine
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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface: Memories of Disease Past (page xi)
  • Introduction: The Gospel of Germs (page 1)
  • I The Gospel Emergent, 1870-1890
    • 1 Apostles of the Germ (page 23)
    • 2 Whited Sepulchers (page 48)
    • 3 Entrepreneurs of the Germ (page 68)
  • II The Gospel Triumphant, 1890-1920
    • 4 Disciples of the Laboratory (page 91)
    • 5 Tuberculosis Religion (page 113)
    • 6 The Domestication of the Germ (page 135)
  • III The Gospel in Practice, 1900-1930
    • 7 Antisepticonscious America (page 157)
    • 8 The Wages of Dirt Were Death (page 183)
    • 9 The Two-Edged Sword (page 205)
  • IV The Gospel in Retreat
    • 10 The Waning of Enthusiasm (page 237)
    • Epilogue: The Gospel of Germs in the Age of AIDS (page 256)
  • Notes (page 269)
  • Acknowledgments (page 343)
  • Index (page 347)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WRB 16.1 (Oct. 1998): 9-10 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4023062
JAH 87.4 (Mar. 2001): 1531 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2674834
WIP 34.1 (Spring 1999): 80-83 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1215325
JSocH 33.2 (Summer 2000): 982-983 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3789182
ISIS 92.2 (Jun. 2001): 410-411 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3080691
AHR 106.1 (Feb. 2001): 186-187 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2652293
CS 28.1 (Jan. 1999): 110-111 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2653914
RAH 27.2 (Jun. 199): 259-266 http://www.jstor.org/stable/30031059
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