title: Medicine in the USA: historical vignettes. VIII. Germ theory and its influence.
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000266:history; D001432:Bacteriology / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000635:transmission; D012660:Semantics; D014481:United States