Author: PETTENKOFER, M.
Title: Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen über die Verbreitungsart der Cholera nebst Betrachtungen über Maszregeln, derselben Einhalt zu thun .
Description: München, J.G. Cotta, 1855. w. fold. plan and 10 fold. tables, num. ills. Mod. hlf. mor., spine gilt (VIII, 374, II pp.). G&M., 5107: 'Pettenkofer gave much attention to the aetiology of cholera. He postulated the theory that a specific germ, certain local conditions, certain seasonal conditions are all necessary for an epidemic to occur (Boden-Theorie)': Bloomfield, 23/4: Hirst 286: 'For Pettenkofer, typhoid and cholera were 'excogenous' infections, acquiring virulence in the external environment instead of in the human body. '

Keywords: bacteriology epidemiology medicine doos106