TY  - JOUR
T1  - FIrst lessons in bacteriology for nurses.
Y1  - 1919/09/20
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610380057028
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 931
EP  - 931
VL  - 73
IS  - 12
N2  - This is a practical discussion of one of the most important of the branches of medicine of which the nurse should have a clear understanding. Having a practical knowledge of bacteriology, she is able to understand why she does certain things and the importance of doing them well. The author has succeeded in avoiding unnecessarily technical language and in presenting the subject in such elementary terms as to make it possible for the average nurse to get a good fundamental knowledge of what bacteria are, how they grow and what they do. Separate chapters are devoted to the bacteriology of special diseases, as tuberculosis, pneumonia, typhoid fever, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and venereal diseases. In separate chapters are discussed immunity, vaccines, serums, etc. While elementary and written especially for nurses, physicians who realize that they are becoming "rusty" will find this little book helpful as a first step in
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610380057028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610380057028
ER  -