The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs

Author: David S. Barnes
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801883490
Category: Medical

The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs

Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors emanated from the sewers of Paris. Download The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs medical books for free.
As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic.Fifteen years later-when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink-the landscape of health and disease had changed dramatically. Parisians held their noses and protested, but this time few feared that the odors would spread disease. Historian David S. Barnes examines the birth of a new microbe-centered science of public health during the 1880s and 1890s, when the germ theory of disease burst into public consciousness. Tracing a series of developments in French science, medicine, politics, and culture, Barnes reveals how the science and practice of public health Get The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs our bestseller medical books.

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As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic.Fifteen years later-when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink-the landscape of health and disease had changed dramatically. Parisians held their noses and protested, but this time few feared that the odors would spread disease. Historian David S Tracing a series of developments in French science, medicine, politics, and culture, Barnes reveals how the science and practice of public health

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