Demon under the Microscope
by:
Thomas Hager (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780641974298 (0641974299)
Publish date: September 19th 2006
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Even as late as the 1930s, an infection was a likely death sentence. Even a small wound on a finger or toe could be deadly, for if it became septic, doctors could do nothing except hope that the patient could fight off the infection. Antibiotics were only a wistful dream of a universal panacea. Afte...