The new hygiene : three lectures on the prevention of infectious diseases / by Elie Metchnikoff ; with a preface by E. Ray Lankester.

  • Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916
Date:
1906
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Credit: The new hygiene : three lectures on the prevention of infectious diseases / by Elie Metchnikoff ; with a preface by E. Ray Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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