Behring,(E.v.)
Combating infectious diseases. Infection and disinfection. Attempt at a systematic presentation of the doctrine of infectious agents and disinfectants. Lpz., Thieme 1894. gr.8°. XII, 251 PP. Olwd. (slightly rubbed). First edition of this fundamental main work. - Pagel 126 - Not in Garrison/M., Waller etc. - NDB II, 14 f.: "B. is the founder of serum medicine, therefore he contributed a major part to the progress of medicine around the turn of the century ... was the first physician to receive the Nobel Prize in 1901." - Title with autograph dedication. Dedication by the author to Professor Laubenheimer, dat. 31.III.(18)94. - Front flyleaf loose. Front flyleaf loose and with chipped edges. Title page slightly browned and stained.