The History of Bacteriology

Abstract

SINCE the appearance of Löffler's fragmentary and otherwise faulty “Lectures” in 1887, students of the history of bacteriology have had no guide-book to this intriguing and complicated subject. They will all, therefore, welcome the present volume-written by the foremost living authority, who has lived through the heroic age and was personally acquainted with many of the heroes. It is true he had given us a foretaste of his knowledge in the “System of Bacteriology” (vol. 1, 1930) published by the Medical Research Council: but this larva is now metamorphosed into an imago which will surely serve the most exacting needs of historical students for at least another generation. Though originally delivered- like Löffler's essay-in the form of lectures, this final product is actually a well-documented contribution to science.

The History of Bacteriology

By Prof. William Bulloch. (University of London, Heath Clark Lectures, 1936, delivered at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Pp. xii+422+16 plates. (London, New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1938.) 10s. 6d. net.