Bacteria / By George M. Sternberg ... ; Including one hundred and fifty-two pages for the work of Dr. Antoine Magnin, translated from the french in 1880.

  • Sternberg, George Miller, 1838-1915.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Bacteria / By George M. Sternberg ... ; Including one hundred and fifty-two pages for the work of Dr. Antoine Magnin, translated from the french in 1880. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    been seen by the investigator. The commission sent to Havana last summer for the investigation of yellow fever, was instructed to pursue this method, and was accompanied by a photographer and supplied with all the necessary appliances for carrying these instructions into effect. The superficial reader may find much to criticise in the work of Dr. Magnin, but I am convinced that those who read it carefully cannot fail to be pleased with the truly scientific spirit in which it is written; the fairness with which conflicting opinions are stated; the caution manifested as to the drawing of definite conclusions where questions are still under discussion; and, above all, the extent of his literary researches and the systematic way in which he has arranged the re- sults. For the naturalist, for the physician, or for the non- professional man of general culture, who desires to have accessible in a condensed form the most important re- sults achieved in this line of inquiry up to the present day, this volume cannot fail to be of value ; while for the student and the investigator in search of fuller information, the summary given of the labors of nu- merous individuals, together with the copious bibliog- raphy, which I have brought up to date, will doubtless be of service. Believing this to be true, it has been a pleasure for me to devote a portion of my summer vaca- tion to the translation of this little volume. G. M. S. Salem, Mass., August 1,1880.