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100 1 _aDe Kruif, Paul,
_d1890-1971
245 1 0 _aMicrobe hunters
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbe_Hunters
500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-02
505 0 _aLeeuwenhoek: first of the microbe hunters -- Spallanzani: microbes must have parents! -- Pasteur: microbes are a menace! -- Koch: the death fighter -- Pasteur: and the mad dog -- Roux and Behring: massacre the guinea-pigs -- Metchnikoff: the nice phagocytes -- Theobald Smith: ticks and Texas fever -- Bruce: trail of the tsetse -- Ross vs. Grassi: malaria -- Walter Reed: in the interest of science, and for humanity! -- Paul Ehrlich: the magic bullet.
508 _aDori Allard, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _aMicrobe Hunters is a popular science book written by Paul de Kruif and first published in 1926. The book has been celebrated as one of the most influential books for drawing scientists into the fields of microbiology and immunology. This book was not only a bestseller for a lengthy period after publication, but has remained high on lists of recommended reading for science and has been an inspiration for many aspiring physicians and scientists. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1926
653 _aBacteriologists
653 _aBacteriology -- History
653 _aMicroorganisms
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/microbehunters0000dekr/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77842
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