The remarkable history of medicine’s battle with infectious diseases
For those fascinated by microbes, infection, or how medical discoveries shape our modern understanding, Germ Theory: Medical Pioneers in Infectious Diseases, a new book just published by ASM Press, brings to life the stories of a dozen men and one woman whose work changed the way we think about and treat infection.
Through a series of biographies, Dr. Robert Gaynes describes the genesis of the germ theory of disease and presents the inside stories of medical pioneers, from Hippocrates and Avicenna to Paul Ehrlich and Lillian Wald and the struggles they overcame to have their work accepted. [read more]
