Table of Contents -- Preface -- SECTION I: Background of the Control and Treatment of Infectious Diseases -- 1 Early Concepts of Infection and Methods of Control -- 2 Development of Bacteriology, Immunology, and Virology -- Bacteriology -- Immunology -- Virology -- 3 The Evolution of Public Health at National and International Levels -- Public Health in Great Britain -- Public Health in the United States -- International Public Health -- SECTION II: The Development of Prophylaxis and Therapy for Infectious Diseases in the Twentieth Century -- 4 The Pre-Sulfonamide Era -- Microbial Preparations -- Serotherapy -- Bier's Hyperaemia -- Nonspecific Protein Therapy -- Focal Infections -- 5 Chemotherapy and the Sulfonamides -- Introduction -- Sulfonamides -- 6 Penicillin and the Cephalosporins -- Introduction -- Penicillin -- Cephalosporins -- 7 Streptomycin -- Isoniazid (INH) -- 8 The Tetracyclines -- Chlortetracycline -- Oxytetracycline -- Tetracycline -- 9 Chloramphenicol and Other Antibiotics -- 10 Antibiotics and Animal Nutrition -- The Relationship of Human Infections and Nutrition -- SECTION III: Evolution of Knowledge of Specific Infectious Diseases -- 11 The Interpretation of Fever -- The Clinical Thermometer -- Concepts of Fever -- 12 Epidemic Diseases Subject to Maritime Control -- Plague -- Smallpox (Variola) -- Yellow Fever -- Leprosy -- Cholera -- 13 Communicable Diseases of Childhood -- Diphtheria -- Scarlet Fever -- Measles (Rubeola) -- Rubella (German Measles) -- Varicella (Chickenpox) -- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) -- Mumps (Epidemic Parotitis) -- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections -- Poliomyelitis -- 14 Respiratory Diseases -- The Common Cold -- Pneumonia -- Influenza -- Tuberculosis -- Infectious Mononucleosis -- Psittacosis -- Trachoma -- 15 Enteric Diseases -- Typhoid Fever -- Diarrhea and Dysentery -- Foodborne Illnesses.

16 Suppurative Diseases -- Streptococcal Diseases -- Staphylococcal Diseases -- Suppurative Meningitis -- Tetanus -- Gas Gangrene -- 17 Venereal Infections -- 18 Rickettsioses -- Epidemic Typhus -- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Rickettsialpox -- Tsutsugamushi Disease or Scrub Typhus -- Q Fever -- Trench Fever -- 19 Infections of the Central Nervous System Due to Viruses -- Encephalitis and Hemorrhagic Fever Caused by by Arboviruses and Arenoviruses -- Slow Virus Disease -- 20 Parasitic Diseases -- Protozoal Diseases -- Helminthic Diseases -- 21 Infections Due to Fungi and Actinomyces -- Mycoses -- Diseases Due to Actinomyces -- The Mycotoxins -- Ergotism -- 22 Zoonoses -- Rabies -- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis -- Brucellosis -- Leptospirosis -- Tularemia -- Toxoplasmosis -- Echinococcosis -- 23 What of the Future? -- Appendix I: Shattuck Report of Massachusetts, 1850 -- Appendix II: Constitution of the World Health Organization -- Notes -- Selected Readings -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.