In the Blink of an Eye The Deadly Story of Epidemic Meningitis /
Describing more than two centuries of epidemic meningitis, In the Blink of an Eye introduces a deadly and frightening bacterial infection of the brain—one that afflicts healthy children and young adults in dramatic fashion, often changing or taking lives in just hours or days. Meningococcal meningi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4845-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Origins
- The Art and Science of Germs
- A Singular Disease
- A Very Mortal Disease
- Early Approaches at Therapy
- Antibiotics and Survival of the Fittest
- A Brief History of Vaccines
- That Soulble Specific Substance
- Towards a Vaccine
- Success for Half
- The Future of a Killer.