BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE IX
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
4. CONTENTS XIII
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Part I. EARLY HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS. EMPIRICAL METHODS OF TREATMENT
7. 1. Since Time Immemorial Man Has Been Afflicted by a Dreadful Disease, Variously Known as Phthisis, Scrofula, Consumption, and Tuberculosis 7
8. 2. Tuberculosis in Literature and in the Arts 29
9. 3. Infectious Nature of Tuberculosis Early Attempts at Treatment 48
10. Part II. TUBERCULOSIS IN MODERN TIMES
11. 4. The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Laennec Discovers the Stethoscope. Subsequent Discoveries 67
12. 5. Villemin and Koch Establish the Role of the Tuberculosis Organism as the Causative Agent. Further Attempts at Prevention and Treatment 81
13. Part III. CHEMOTHERAPY, CONTROL, AND FINAL CONQUEST OF TUBERCULOSIS
14. 6. The Advent of Antibiotics 103
15. 7. Streptomycin and the Beginnings of True Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis 119
16. 8. Personal Experiences of Effectiveness of Streptomycin on Tuberculous Meningitis and Other Forms of Tuberculosis 147
17. 9. New Antibiotics and Antituberculous Synthetic Compounds Supplement Streptomycin 175
18. 10. The Conquest of Tuberculosis 193
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 219
20. INDEX 233