Main description:

From Hippocrates to Lillian Wald-the stories of scientists whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection.

Describes the genesis of the germ theory of disease by a dozen seminal thinkers such as Jenner, Lister, and Ehrlich.
Presents the "inside stories" of these pioneers' struggles to have their work accepted, which can inform strategies for tackling current crises in infectious diseases and motivate and support today's scientists.
Relevant to anyone interested in microbiology, infectious disease, or how medical discoveries shape our modern understanding

This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

Contents:

Table of Contents

About the Author

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine

Chapter 3 Avicenna, a Thousand Years Ahead of His Time

Chapter 4 Girolamo Fracastoro and Contagion in Renaissance Medicine

Chapter 5 Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the Birth of Microscopy

Chapter 6 The Demise of the Humoral Theory of Medicine

Chapter 7 Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination

Chapter 8 Ignaz Semmelweis and the Control of Puerperal Sepsis

Chapter 9 Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Medicine

Chapter 10 Robert Koch and the Rise of Bacteriology

Chapter 11 Joseph Lister, the Man Who Made Surgery Safe

Chapter 12 Paul Ehrlich and the Magic Bullet

Chapter 13 Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin

Chapter 14 Lillian Wald and the Foundations of Modern Public Health

Chapter 15 Conclusions

Index