Before the 'germ Theory': A History of Cause and Management of Infectious Disease Before 1900
- ISBN-10
- 1909757705
- ISBN-13
- 9781909757707
- Category
- Antibiotics
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Gordon Charles Cook
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