Abstract
THIS book, based upon the Lane Lectures delivered by the author at Stanford University, California, in 1928, is addressed primarily to practitioners of medicine. The subject of bacteriophagy is a complicated one, and still in an imperfectly understood state. The history of its discovery, its nature, and its relationship to bacterial mutations, infectious diseases, and recovery and immunity, are outlined quite clearly and simply. It is not within the scope of a book of this sort to enter exhaustively into the conflicting theories of the nature of the bacteriophage, nor does it do so. The author's views as opposed to those of Bordet and his followers are given in some detail. About sixty-five pages are devoted to the clinical application of the bacteriophage. Records of its use in enteric infections, infections due to pyogenic cocci, streptococcus, and bubonic plague are included.
The Bacteriophage and its Clinical Applications.
By Prof. F. d'Herelle. Translated by Prof. George H. Smith. Pp. viii + 254. (London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1930.) 18s. net.
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The Bacteriophage and its Clinical Applications . Nature 128, 431 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128431c0
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