Nancy Tomes, The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life, Cambridge, Mass., and London, Harvard University Press, 1998, pp. xv, 351, illus., £19.95 (0-674-35707-8).

James Hanley

doi:10.1017/S0025727300065789

Nancy Tomes, The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life, Cambridge, Mass., and London, Harvard University Press, 1998, pp. xv, 351, illus., £19.95 (0-674-35707-8).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 519 - 520

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Nancy Tomes, The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life, Cambridge, Mass., and London, Harvard University Press, 1998, pp. xv, 351, illus., £19.95 (0-674-35707-8).

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