A HISTORY OF MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

By X. DASAY

CONTENTS 1 EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION PART I REASON AND RISK 2 MAKING SENSE OF VACCINATION C PART II THE CONUNDRUM OF ALLERGY 4 ‘A PRIVATE LINE TO MEDICINE’: THE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CONTOURS OF ALLERGY IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY 5 GERMS, VACCINES, AND THE RISE OF ALLERGY PART III SOME TOOLS OF THE TRADE 6 NEUTRALIZING FLU: ‘IMMUNOLOGICAL DEVICES’ AND THE MAKING OF A VIRUS DISEASE 7 CREATURES OF REASON? PICTURING VIRUSES AT THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE DURING THE 1920S 8 IMMUNOLOGY IN THE CLINICS: REDUCTIONISM, HOLISM OR BOTH? PART IV INSIDERS, IMMUNITY AND IDENTITY AFTER WORLD WAR II 10 MOLECULAR SURVEILLANCE: A HISTORY OF RADIOIMMUNOASSAYS 11 EMERGING PARADIGM, EMERGING DISEASE: MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND AIDS IN THE 1980S 12 CONCEPTUALIZING THE MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONSHIP IN REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY