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THE publication of Prof. Hewlett's manual in its new edition serves to remind us of the enormous strides in our knowledge of bacteria which have been made within the last ten years. Bacteriology in its early days meant little more than the study of the morphology of the newly-discovered causes of disease and the search for those undiscovered. Then came the investigation of the poisons manufactured by the organisms; and now the bacteriologist is largely concerned with the substances whereby the organisms are controlled and defeated. Much of the new knowledge of bacteria has come with the discovery that the organisms once believed to be unique are in many cases only members of groups which number dozens or scores of individuals; and the aid of organic chemistry has been invoked to differentiate the members of these groups.
A Manual of Bacteriology, Clinical and Applied.
By Prof. R. T. Hewlett. Third edition. Pp. xii+638. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1908.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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A Manual of Bacteriology, Clinical and Applied . Nature 79, 219 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079219b0
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