Victor Vaughan : a biography of the pioneering bacteriologist,1851-1929 / Richard Adler.

  • Adler, Rich
Date:
[2015]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Victor Vaughan was instrumental in modernizing medical training at Michigan, his work in areas of hygiene, epidemiology and the study of toxins and infectious disease was highly regarded on the national scene. Vaughan's professional work included more than 250 published papers and some 17 books, many that outlined laboratory techniques which modernized the field of bacteriology"--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Physical description

vi, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contributors

Contents

Origin and evolution of the medical school at the university -- Victor Clarence Vaughan : the early years -- Member of the faculty -- Dean of medicine -- Ptomaines and leucomaines -- War and disease -- The interim, 1898/1916 -- The 1910s : dean and national service again -- Influenza and the great war -- Retirement.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Vaughan)
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780786495993
  • 0786495995