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IN his preface the author states that “one object which he has in view is to rescue the germ theory of disease from a false and misleading position, and to give to it its true and legitimate standing as a pathological question.” The subject discussed is whether the propagation of germs in the system can produce specific fevers. He believes it can, and assumes that all contagia are living organisms, probably albuminous, reproducing their kind, living for a considerable period, speedily perishing when freely exposed to the atmosphere, and so minute as to elude the highest powers of the microscope.
The Germ Theory Applied to the Explanation of the Phenomena of Disease. “The Specific Fevers”
By T. Maclagan, M.D. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.)
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The Germ Theory Applied to the Explanation of the Phenomena of Disease “The Specific Fevers” . Nature 15, 446 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015446a0
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