Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1    Laennec and the Stethoscope.

2    Semmelweis and Childbed Fever.

3    Lister and Antiseptic Surgery.

4    Reed and the Control of Yellow Fever.

Epilogue.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the Author

Thomas Dormandy is a retired consultant pathologist (MD, DSc, FRCS, FRCPath). He is the author of over 300 scientific papers as well as two books aimed at a general readership, The White Death, a history of tuberculosis (short-listed for the Aventis Prize) and Old Masters, a work of art history.