Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology : from metaphor to theory /
Tauber, Alfred I.
Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology : from metaphor to theory / Alfred I. Tauber, Leon Chernyak. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology . - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Metchnikoff's Early Embryology -- Metchnikoff's Embryological Studies after 1872 -- The Problem of Evolution in Metchnikoff's Works -- Metchnikoff's Emerging Concept of Inflammation -- The Phagocytosis Theory and Its Reception -- The Phagocyte Eclipsed -- Epilogue: From Metaphor to Theory -- Morphologists versus Darwinians, the Modern Debate -- Current Views of Phagocyte Function. Scott Gilbert --
This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed from comparative embryological studies that sought to establish genealogical relations between species at the dawn of the Darwinian revolution. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore ore Metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it prepared him to propose his theor.
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Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916.
Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916
Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916.
Mečnikov, Il·ja I.
Geschichte 1880-1920.
Immunologists--Ukraine--Biography.
Immunologists--France--Biography.
Immunology--History.
Allergy and Immunology
Allergy and Immunology--history
Immunologistes--Ukraine--Biographies.
Immunologistes--France--Biographies.
Immunologie--Histoire.
Immunologists.
Immunology.
Immunologie
Immunologie.
France.
Ukraine.
Immunology
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QR180.72.M48 / T38 1991eb
591.2/9/092 B
WZ 100 / M5885T 1991
Metchnikoff and the origins of immunology : from metaphor to theory / Alfred I. Tauber, Leon Chernyak. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology . - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Metchnikoff's Early Embryology -- Metchnikoff's Embryological Studies after 1872 -- The Problem of Evolution in Metchnikoff's Works -- Metchnikoff's Emerging Concept of Inflammation -- The Phagocytosis Theory and Its Reception -- The Phagocyte Eclipsed -- Epilogue: From Metaphor to Theory -- Morphologists versus Darwinians, the Modern Debate -- Current Views of Phagocyte Function. Scott Gilbert --
This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed from comparative embryological studies that sought to establish genealogical relations between species at the dawn of the Darwinian revolution. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore ore Metchnikoff's development as an embryologist, showing how it prepared him to propose his theor.
142373470X (electronic bk.) 9781423734703 (electronic bk.) 019534510X 9780195345100 9780195064476 (acid-free) 019506447X (acid-free) (acid-free)
Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916.
Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916
Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916.
Mečnikov, Il·ja I.
Geschichte 1880-1920.
Immunologists--Ukraine--Biography.
Immunologists--France--Biography.
Immunology--History.
Allergy and Immunology
Allergy and Immunology--history
Immunologistes--Ukraine--Biographies.
Immunologistes--France--Biographies.
Immunologie--Histoire.
Immunologists.
Immunology.
Immunologie
Immunologie.
France.
Ukraine.
Immunology
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
QR180.72.M48 / T38 1991eb
591.2/9/092 B
WZ 100 / M5885T 1991