Germ theory: medical pioneers in infectious diseases

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine

Avicenna, a Thousand Years Ahead of His Time

Girolamo Fracastoro and Contagion in Renaissance Medicine

Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the Birth of Microscopy

The Demise of the Humoral Theory of Medicine

Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination

Ignaz Semmelweis and the Control of Puerperal Sepsis

Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease

Robert Koch and the Rise of Bacteriology

Joseph Lister, the Man Who Made Surgery Safe

Paul Ehrlich and the Magic Bullet

Lillian Wald and the Foundations of Modern Public Health

Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and the Discovery of the Human mmunodeficiency Virus

Barry Marshall and Helicobacter pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease

Anthony Fauci : America's Top Infectious Disease Doctor.

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine

Avicenna, a thousand years ahead of his time

Girolamo Fracastoro and contagion in renaissance medicine

Antony van Leeuwenhoek and the birth of microscopy

The demise of the humoral theory of medicine

Edward Jenner and the discovery of vaccination

Ignaz Semmelweis and the control of puerperal sepsis

Louis Pasteur and the germ theory of disease

Robert Koch and the rise of bacteriology

Joseph Lister, the man who made surgery safe

Paul Ehrlich and the magic bullet

Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin

Lillian Wald and the foundations of modern public health.