Smallpox, syphilis, and salvation : medical breakthroughs that changed the world / Sheryl Persson.

Wollombi, NSW : Exisle Pub., 2009.

344 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-338) and index.

Eradicating the 'speckled monster' -- Establishing the germ theory of disease -- Outwitting the 'white plague' -- Of rats and fleas -- Banishing the 'strangling angel' -- Magic bullets -- A eureka moment -- Making a miracle out of a mould -- The march against polio -- Targeting childhood leukaemia.