Illustrations; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Medical practice and disease theories, c.1865; 2. Veterinary medicine, the cattle plague and contagion, 1865–90; 3. Germs in the air: surgeons, hospitalism and sepsis, c.1865–76; 4. 'Something definite to guide you in your sanitary precautions': sanitary science, poisons and contagium viva, 1866–80; 5. 'Deeper than the surface of the wound': surgeons antisepsis and asepsis, 1876–1900; 6. From heredity to infection: tuberculosis, bacteriology and medicine, 1870–1900; 7. Preventive medicine and the 'bacteriological era'; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.
