Continual raving : a history of meningitis and the people who conquered it /
Gilsdorf, Janet R.,author.
"Continual Raving tells the combined stories of how scientists across the 19th and 20th centuries defeated meningitis -- not through flawless scientific research, but often through a series of serendipitous events, misplaced assumptions, and flawed conclusions. The result is a story of not just a vanquished disease, but how scientific accomplishment sometimes occurs where it's least expected."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Meningitis--what is it? -- The flu and Richard Pfeiffer -- On immunity -- Finding the capsule -- the most famous graph in microbiology -- Early treatment--immune serum from a horse -- Antibiotic treatment--much better than nothing -- Microbes and genetics -- Antibiotics : sometimes they fail -- Keeping DNA out, letting it in -- Hitch a sugar to a protein.
"Continual Raving tells the combined stories of how scientists across the 19th and 20th centuries defeated meningitis -- not through flawless scientific research, but often through a series of serendipitous events, misplaced assumptions, and flawed conclusions. The result is a story of not just a vanquished disease, but how scientific accomplishment sometimes occurs where it's least expected."
Meningitis.
Meningitis
Meningitis.