7/1/2023 0 Comments Destiny of the republic book![]() ![]() ![]() It did not help that medicine, and surgery, in particular, was often seen as a trade or an art rather than a discipline of science. This may seem like only a semantic distinction, but the two communities were largely separate. ![]() Second, much of the work being done with microorganisms was not in the field of medicine, but in the field of science. Science is not alone in this respect, many paradigm shifts in our understanding of the world require a new generation to rise to prominence. Aaron There are several possible explanations for why the germ theory had not been widely adopted by the American medical community at the time of Garfield' …more There are several possible explanations for why the germ theory had not been widely adopted by the American medical community at the time of Garfield's assassination.įirst, in a general sense, scientific discoveries often take a generation or more to go from being uncovered to their implications being adopted as standard operating procedures. ![]()
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