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The success of work on bacterial diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis tends to eclipse the broad context in which those studies were embedded. This text shows how, by the end of the 19th century, the quest for specific causes had spread well beyond bacterial diseases.

The life and work of Igna Semmelweis is among the most engaging and moving stories in the history of science. Childbed Fever places his life, and his discovery (the cause of childbed fever was a result of a spread of infection because medical personnel in hospitals did not wash their hands thoroughly after conducting autopsies), in the context of his times. While everyone in his era rejected his account because his theory was fundamentally inc...

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This collection of translations of some of Koch's important essays represents an important first. It includes three of his essays on anthrax, three on tuberculosis, two on cholera, one on wound infections, and a relective essay entitled On Bacteriological Research. These papers clearly reflect the coherence and inter-connectedness of Koch's thought. They include the initial presentation of his ideas and also provide examples of his tenacious a...

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