Ali’s Reviews > The Discovery of the Germ: Twenty Years That Transformed the Way We Think About Disease > Status Update

'It is still undecided whether putrefaction follows from bacteria or bacteria simply appear where there is putrefaction' Carl Thiersch, 1875

"[...] up until the mid-1800s, most hospitals were insalubrious receptacles for those who wouldn't be there had they anywhere else to go."

Industrious beginning - certainly well structured, accessible, and fascinating.