Pioneers of microbiology and the Nobel prize / Ulf Lagerkvist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lagerkvist, Ulf.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbiology--History--19th century.

Microbiology.

Microbiologists--History--19th century.

Microbiologists.

Nobel Prizes--History--19th century.

Nobel Prizes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Pub., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We are swamped with information and each day seems to bring new discoveries that must be considered. Never before in the history of science have so many scientists been as active as today. It has become a major problem for the expert just to keep up with the literature in his or her own field of research. Why, then, should experts and their poor students worry about the pioneers of microbiology, those half-forgotten scientists who a century ago devoted their lives to a new science that was on its way to revolutionizing medicine?With so many new facts and problems screaming for our attention, i

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; THE ERA OF THE CELL; The Sites of Diseases; Vitalism and Natural Philosophy; A Memorial in Hotel-Dieu; Cellular Pathology; A Young Revolutionary in 1848; The Triumph of the Microscope; A Cancelled Duel; The New Physiology; The Indestructable Energy; Bankruptcy and a Gleam of Hope; Variolation; A Country Doctor in Gloucestershire; A WORLD UNKNOWN; Contagion Versus Miasma; Seeds of Infection; A Poisonous Effluvium; Cholera and the Final Verdict; Miasma Revisited; The Birth of Microbiology; Louis Pasteur; Essays in Immunology; Fanciful Theories

Bacteriology and the Nemesis of SurgeryThe Disregarded Pioneer; The Patient Quaker; A Triumphant Progress; ROBERT KOCH; The Spare Time of a District Medical Officer; The Great Anthrax Quarrel; Tuberculosis, An Infectious Disease; The Cholera Vibrio; A Regrettable Mistake; Global Bacteriologist; Honors; The Man; EMIL VON BEHRING; The Discerning Vicar; A Military Surgeon; Antibodies; The Serum Therapy; Active Immunization Against Diphteria Toxin; Honors and Conflicts; A Tormented Man; PAUL EHRLICH; The Man Who Loved Colors; The Serum Institute; The Advent of Chemotherapy

Salvarsan - Success and TroubleHonors and a Premature Death; ELIE METCHNIKOFF; A Sensitive Young Man; The Road to Paris; Aging and Death; NOBEL PRIZES AND NOBEL COMMITTEES; 1901; Nobel Committee and Nominees; The Discovery of the Antibodies; The Recommended Candidate; 1905; Nobel Committee and Nominations; Evaluating a Monument; 1908; Paul Ehrlich; Nobel Committee and Nominations; Evaluations; Elie Metchnikoff; Nominations; Evaluations; In Defence of the Nobel Prize; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92824-0

9786611928247

981-277-556-0

OCLC:

853362196