Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

“this fascinating account of a pivotal era in scientific history demonstrates the powerful influence Koch and his students had on all aspects of medicine in the United States...a highly readable and valuable contribution to the history of American bacteriology. Recommended”—Choice.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Robert Koch: His Life and Role in Bacteriological Research2. Germ Theory of Disease: Origins of Bacteriology3. Bacteriology in 19th Century United States4. The Cartwright Lecture: Belfield vs. Formad5. Training with Koch6. Theophil Mitchell Prudden7. William Henry Welch8. Edward Oram Shakespeare9. Harold Clarence Ernst10. Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy11. Lydia ­Rabinowitsch-Kempner12. American Bacteriology After KochChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

“this fascinating account of a pivotal era in scientific history demonstrates the powerful influence Koch and his students had on all aspects of medicine in the United States...a highly readable and valuable contribution to the history of American bacteriology. Recommended”—Choice.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Robert Koch: His Life and Role in Bacteriological Research2. Germ Theory of Disease: Origins of Bacteriology3. Bacteriology in 19th Century United States4. The Cartwright Lecture: Belfield vs. Formad5. Training with Koch6. Theophil Mitchell Prudden7. William Henry Welch8. Edward Oram Shakespeare9. Harold Clarence Ernst10. Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy11. Lydia ­Rabinowitsch-Kempner12. American Bacteriology After KochChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

“this fascinating account of a pivotal era in scientific history demonstrates the powerful influence Koch and his students had on all aspects of medicine in the United States...a highly readable and valuable contribution to the history of American bacteriology. Recommended”—Choice.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Robert Koch: His Life and Role in Bacteriological Research2. Germ Theory of Disease: Origins of Bacteriology3. Bacteriology in 19th Century United States4. The Cartwright Lecture: Belfield vs. Formad5. Training with Koch6. Theophil Mitchell Prudden7. William Henry Welch8. Edward Oram Shakespeare9. Harold Clarence Ernst10. Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy11. Lydia ­Rabinowitsch-Kempner12. American Bacteriology After KochChapter NotesBibliographyIndex