The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)

The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries)
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9780393326253
ISBN-13 : 039332625X
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Book Synopsis The Doctors' Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis (Great Discoveries) by : Sherwin B. Nuland

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