Die Bibliographie der Biologie. Eine analytische Darstellung unter wissenschaftshistorischen und informationstheoretischen Gesichtspunkten

and practice, as Margaret Pelling asserts, but on several issues theory was vital, namely quarantine and the separation of the sick from the healthy, especially in hospitals. The relationship of the work of the leading medical theoreticians analysed here, to other practitioners, to politicians, and to public opinion needs further examination. This book not only makes that task easier but makes an important contribution to the history of medical thought.