Description
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the slow development of research by isolated investigators who believed that diseases could be caused by infectious organisms. Millions of deaths occurred until the professional communities and general public began to believe that certain health measures could protect against infection and reduce enormous death tolls from disease.
Trade ReviewWhy Millions Died is a brilliant account and exposé of early advances - and fraudulent claims by at least one world-renowned scientist - leading to the discovery that microbes were a primary cause of disease. This carefully researched book is written in such a non-pedantic style that it draws in both professional microbiologists and literate non-specialists. -- Dale W. Jacobs, former editor-in-chief,
The World Book Encyclopedia
An excellent addition to public and college library medical history shelves, and especially crucial in the wake of modern-day anti-vaccination movements with no peer-reviewed scientific backing to support them. Highly recommended. * Midwest Book Review *
Table of Contents
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 - Historical Chapter 2 - Francesco Redi Chapter 3 - Lazzaro Spallanzani Chapter 4 - Edward Jenner and the Concept of Vaccination Chapter 5 - The Renaissance of Italian Research Chapter 6 - Agostino Bassi Chapter 7 - Robert Koch Chapter 8 - Elie Metchnikoff Chapter 9 - Louis Pasteur Chapter 10 - Charles Chamberland Chapter 11 - Agostino Bassi-Coda Bibliography About The Author
