Author: Tyndall, J.
Title: Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection
Description: Longman, Green & Co. 1881 xix, 338, [2], text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, wear with some loss to top of spine. Ex-lib. Laboratory of Mineralogy, Oxford University. With book-plate of James Walker (Christ Church) (1857-1929), demonstrator in the Clarendon Laboratory, & Vice-President of the Physical Society.. First edition. First appearance in book form of a collection of essays originally published in the Philosophical Transactions, and elsewhere. In this work, John Tyndall (1820-1893), the prominent 19th-century Irish physicist, writes about his pioneering experiments and discoveries in the field of bacteriology; he experimented with atmospheric germs and dust in relation to infection and putrefaction, leading to the discovery of fractional sterilization (Tyndallization). The five essays are headed; On Dust and Disease; Optical Deportment of the Atmosphere in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection; Further Researches on the Deportment and Vitality of Putrefactive Organisms; Fermentation, and its Bearings on Surgery and Medicine and Spontaneous Generation..
Keywords: Bacteriology
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Title: Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection
Description: Longman, Green & Co. 1881 xix, 338, [2], text figs. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, rubbed, wear with some loss to top of spine. Ex-lib. Laboratory of Mineralogy, Oxford University. With book-plate of James Walker (Christ Church) (1857-1929), demonstrator in the Clarendon Laboratory, & Vice-President of the Physical Society.. First edition. First appearance in book form of a collection of essays originally published in the Philosophical Transactions, and elsewhere. In this work, John Tyndall (1820-1893), the prominent 19th-century Irish physicist, writes about his pioneering experiments and discoveries in the field of bacteriology; he experimented with atmospheric germs and dust in relation to infection and putrefaction, leading to the discovery of fractional sterilization (Tyndallization). The five essays are headed; On Dust and Disease; Optical Deportment of the Atmosphere in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection; Further Researches on the Deportment and Vitality of Putrefactive Organisms; Fermentation, and its Bearings on Surgery and Medicine and Spontaneous Generation..
Keywords: Bacteriology
Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S44301
- Book number: S44301
See more books from our catalog: Medicine,General