Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize.
Title:
Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize.
Author:
Lagerkvist, Ulf.
ISBN:
9789812775566
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (190 pages)
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 Surgery -- The 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 Trouble -- Honors 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.
Abstract:
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, it is easy to lose sight of the long road that we have travelled in order to get to the point where we are now. Tracing the path of those who have gone before us will help us to see our own scientific goals and efforts in a more revealing perspective.The great figures who are at the center of interest in this book - Robert Koch, Emil von Behring, Paul Ehrlich and Elie Metchnikoff - were far from uncontroversial during their lifetimes. It is interesting to see how they were judged by their peers at the Karolinska Institutet when they were considered for the Nobel Prize.Pioneers of Microbiology and the Nobel Prize has been written in such a way that it can be enjoyed even without an extensive knowledge of microbiology and medicine. In fact, a considerable part of the book portrays the state of medicine during the middle of the 19th century, when bacteriology can be said to have made its debut on the medical scene.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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