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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)

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Author Biography: Paul de Kruif

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1Leeuwenhoek: First of the Microbe Hunters1
2Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents!23
3Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace!54
4Koch: The Death Fighter101
5Pasteur: And the Mad Dog140
6Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea-Pigs178
7Metchnikoff: The Nice Phagocytes201
8Theobald Smith: Ticks and Texas Fever228
9Bruce: Trail of the Tsetse246
10Ross vs. Grassi: Malaria271
11Walter Reed: In the Interest of Science - and for Humanity!303
12Paul Ehrlich: The Magic Bullet326
Index351

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