John Waller is a research fellow at University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine
List of Illustrations
v
Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction: Revolutionary, by Any Standards
1
(6)
Part I - Before the Germ
7
(16)
1 The World According to William Brownrigg
9
(14)
Part II - The Germs of Revolution, 500 BC-1850 AD
23
(50)
2 Arsenals of Death
25
(5)
3 Contagious Effluvia
30
(6)
4 Leeuwenhoek's 'Little Animals'
36
(7)
5 Revolution in Paris
43
(8)
6 Dirt, Disease and Decay
51
(15)
7 The End of the Beginning
66
(7)
Part III - Cue, Louis Pasteur
73
(22)
8 Two Duels
75
(14)
9 The English Disciple
89
(6)
Part IV - Worms, Chickens and Sheep
95
(26)
10 The Plight of the Silkworm
97
(6)
11 Anthrax
103
(18)
Part V - Koch's Postulates
121
(12)
12 1881: Potatoes and Postulates
123
(10)
Part VI - The Four Big Ones, 1881-1899
133
(54)
13 The White Plague
135
(9)
14 Cholera, Suez and Pettenkofer
144
(16)
15 Pasteur's Gatekeeper
160
(13)
16 Typhoid Fever
173
(14)
Conclusion: A New Science
187
(6)
Bibliography and Further Reading
193
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