Microbe Hunters

by Paul de Kruif, F. Gonzalez-Crussi (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156027779
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	10/28/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	82,609
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.97(d)
Lexile:	1270L (what's this?)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

	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