Authors: Paul de Kruif, F. Gonzalez-Crussi
ISBN-13: 9780156027779, ISBN-10: 0156027771
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Paul de Kruif (1890-1971), a bacteriologist and pathologist, was a prolific author on the subject of medical science. He lived in Michigan and taught for many years at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
In this classic bestseller, Paul de Kruif dramatizes the pioneering bacteriological work of such scientists as Leeuwenhoek, Spallanzani, Koch, Pasteur, Reed, and Ehrlich. This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi. Index.
Introduction | ||
1 | Leeuwenhoek: First of the Microbe Hunters | 1 |
2 | Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents! | 23 |
3 | Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace! | 54 |
4 | Koch: The Death Fighter | 101 |
5 | Pasteur: And the Mad Dog | 140 |
6 | Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea-Pigs | 178 |
7 | Metchnikoff: The Nice Phagocytes | 201 |
8 | Theobald Smith: Ticks and Texas Fever | 228 |
9 | Bruce: Trail of the Tsetse | 246 |
10 | Ross vs. Grassi: Malaria | 271 |
11 | Walter Reed: In the Interest of Science - and for Humanity! | 303 |
12 | Paul Ehrlich: The Magic Bullet | 326 |
Index | 351 |