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This volume contains new editions of two books which deal with a neglected part of the history of medicine and biology:
• Béchamp or Pasteur? A Lost Chapter in the History of Biology by Ethel Hume
• Pasteur: Plagiarist, Imposter by R. Pearson
CONTENTS
Pasteur: Plagiarist, Imposter
Author's Preface / The Prior History of the Germ Theory / Béchamp, Pasteur, and Fermentation / Vinous Fermentation / Béchamp's Microzymas or 'little bodies' / Silkworm Disease: Another Steal! / Pasteur also a Faker: Antisepsis / Are Biologicals Injurious? / Animal Serology: Anthrax / Statistics / Real Immunity
Béchamp or Pasteur?
Part 1: The Mystery of Fermentation
A Babel of Theories / Pasteur's Memoirs of 1857 / Béchamp's 'Beacon Experiment' / Claims and Contradictions / The Soluble Ferment / Rival Theories and Workers
Part 2: The Microzymas
The 'little bodies' / Diseases of Silkworms / Laboratory Experiments / Nature's Experiments / A Plagiarism Frustrated / Microzymas in General
Modern Confirmations of Béchamp
Part 3: The Cult of the Microbe
The Origin of 'Preventive Medicine' / The International Medical Congress and some Pasteurian Fiascos / Hydrophobia / A Few Examples of the Cult in Theory and in Practice / Some Lessons of World War I and a Few Reflections on World War II / The Writing on the Wall / Conclusion
• Béchamp or Pasteur? A Lost Chapter in the History of Biology by Ethel Hume
• Pasteur: Plagiarist, Imposter by R. Pearson
CONTENTS
Pasteur: Plagiarist, Imposter
Author's Preface / The Prior History of the Germ Theory / Béchamp, Pasteur, and Fermentation / Vinous Fermentation / Béchamp's Microzymas or 'little bodies' / Silkworm Disease: Another Steal! / Pasteur also a Faker: Antisepsis / Are Biologicals Injurious? / Animal Serology: Anthrax / Statistics / Real Immunity
Béchamp or Pasteur?
Part 1: The Mystery of Fermentation
A Babel of Theories / Pasteur's Memoirs of 1857 / Béchamp's 'Beacon Experiment' / Claims and Contradictions / The Soluble Ferment / Rival Theories and Workers
Part 2: The Microzymas
The 'little bodies' / Diseases of Silkworms / Laboratory Experiments / Nature's Experiments / A Plagiarism Frustrated / Microzymas in General
Modern Confirmations of Béchamp
Part 3: The Cult of the Microbe
The Origin of 'Preventive Medicine' / The International Medical Congress and some Pasteurian Fiascos / Hydrophobia / A Few Examples of the Cult in Theory and in Practice / Some Lessons of World War I and a Few Reflections on World War II / The Writing on the Wall / Conclusion