RT Journal
T1 Microbiology and man: Being an account of the diverse properties and characteristics of microorganisms, a description of the various tools and techniques for their handling, and an inquiry into their subtle relationships to everyday life
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD October 15
VO 141
IS 7
SP 495
OP 495
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02910070067036
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910070067036
AB This book "is designed as an elementary text for the student who plans to take but one or two courses in microbiology" and "is intended to serve as a basis for an understanding of the part played by micro-organisms in everyday life." In attempting to reach his objective the author, a professor of bacteriology, has prepared this second edition of an inexpensive book, the first edition of which was reprinted twice since 1942. This second edition is revised; much has been rewritten, and six new chapters and new illustrations have been added.Approximately one third of the book deals in a conventional manner with bacterial morphology, physiology and antibiotics, defense against infection and epidemiology. The second third deals with infectious diseases much as would be expected in a textbook of medicine or preventive medicine, with little emphasis on bacteriology or virology. A few omissions, such as discussions of viral hepatitis,