CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: REVOLUTIONARY, BY ANY STANDARDS -- PART I BEFORE THE GERM -- CHAPTER 1 - THE WORLD ACCORDING TO WILLIAM BROWNRIGG -- PART II THE GERMS OF REVOLUTION, 500 BC-1850 AD -- CHAPTER 2 - ARSENALS OF DEATH -- CHAPTER 3 - CONTAGIOUS EFFLUVIA -- CHAPTER 4 - LEEUWENHOEK'S 'LITTLE ANIMALS' -- CHAPTER 5 - REVOLUTION IN PARIS -- CHAPTER 6 - DIRT, DISEASE AND DECAY -- CHAPTER 7 - THE END OF THE BEGINNING -- PART III CUE, LOUIS PASTEUR -- CHAPTER 8 - TWO DUELS -- CHAPTER 9 - THE ENGLISH DISCIPLE -- PART IV WORMS, CHICKENS AND SHEEP -- CHAPTER 10 - THE PLIGHT OF THE SILKWORM -- CHAPTER 11 - ANTHRAX -- PART V KOCH'S POSTULATES -- CHAPTER 12 - 1881: POTATOES AND POSTULATES -- PART VI THE FOUR BIG ONES, 1881-1899 -- CHAPTER 13 - THE WHITE PLAGUE -- CHAPTER 14 - CHOLERA, SUEZ AND PETTENKOFER -- CHAPTER 15 - PASTEUR'S GATEKEEPER -- CHAPTER 16 - TYPHOID FEVER -- CONCLUSION A NEW SCIENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING.