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Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease

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Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease

John Grove

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In 1850, before anyone had seen a germ, John Grove reasoned that living things must be the source of epidemic disease. He argued by analogy, building toward the germ theory from what nature already showed. A remarkable early guess at the truth, offered to the Epidemiological Society of its day. Watch a physician grope toward the invisible cause.

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  1. 1EPIDEMICS
  2. 2EXAMINED AND EXPLAINED:
  3. 3LIVING GERMS
  4. 4A SOURCE OF DISEASE.
  5. 5JOHN GROVE, M.R.C.S.L.
  6. 6LONDON: JAMES RIDGWAY, PICCADILLY. MDCCCL.
  7. 7TO
  8. 8BENJAMIN GUY BABINGTON, F.R.S., M.D.,
  9. 9PHYSICIAN TO GUY'S HOSPITAL,
  10. 10PRESIDENT OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
  11. 11THESE PAGES ARE, BY HIS KIND PERMISSION,
  12. 12Respectfully Dedicated,
  13. 13THE AUTHOR.
  14. 14PREFACE.
  15. 15CONTENTS.
  16. 16INTRODUCTION.
  17. 17CHAPTER I.
  18. 18CHAPTER II.

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