Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Let's drift into the busy micro-world of bacteria. But first, a long and sleepy introduction to the history of bacteriology, so new, it's barely history at all.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:09.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you |
| 0:17.3 | get some sleep. |
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| 1:07.0 | Now, let's relax and read. |
| 1:11.0 | Find a comfortable spot. Adjust your volume. Take a nice deep breath in. let it out slowly, and off we go. |
| 1:28.6 | Tonight we're reading bacteria, especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial |
| 1:38.9 | processes, and to the public health by George Newman, MD, FRS Edinburgh, D.P.H. Cambridge, |
| 1:51.9 | etc. |
| 1:54.0 | Demonstrator of bacteriology in Kings College London. |
| 1:59.8 | Copyright 1899 by GP Putnam's sons and the Nickerbocker Press, New York. |
| 2:09.0 | Let's begin. |
| 2:12.0 | Preface The present volume is not a record of original work, nor is it a textbook for the laboratory. Theoretical and practical textbooks of bacteriology |
| 2:27.8 | plentifully exist both in England and America. |
| 2:32.8 | There are two large works widely used. |
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