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.
I read this book as a child and it was fascinating reading. Some of what is described is still current (Pasteur's rabies vaccine) while some treatments are long out of use (Ehrlich's "magic bullet"… Being in Nursing school, it is required that I take the course Microbiology. Part of our reading materials were The
Hot Zone, Demon In The Freezer, and this wonderful book I've just finished, Microbe…
