Most Popular Books by Paul de Kruif

Presents twelve stories of the men who pioneered the study of bacteriology.

This book contains eleven essays relating to the fight against hunger and the people responsible behind this movement.

An account of the discovery and development of the great iron deposits of the Mesabi Range describes how the seven Merritt brothers found the iron ore in 1890, only to lose control of the resource and the wealth that it would bring to powerful industrialist John D. Rockefeller. Reprint.

Presents twelve stories of the men who pioneered the study of bacteriology.

The author recalls his personal and literary experiences.

The story of a pioneering doctor''s crusade against mental disease with the new chemical weapons.

This book is the author''s appeal for free sharing of scientific discoveries to combat childhood mortality, which the author views as a direct result of poverty.

Paul de Kruif is known for his controversial opinions on modern medicine. Our Medicine Men highlights the scientist''s disputable account of the medical profession. Our Medicine Men presents Paul de Kruif''s controversial modern medicine opinions. The collected essays were first published in The Century Magazine, which resulted in many medical and scientific professionals criticising Kruif''s work for providing ''detrimental'' false information. ""A devastating attack upon the pomposities, absurdities and dangerous practices in the medical profession"" - Publishers Weekly, 1922 This volume features the following chapters: - ''The Dignity of the Medical Profession'' - ''The Role of Credulity'' - ''On a Misconception of the Role of Physicians - ''The Cure of Disease'' - ''Pills Make Way for Prevention'' - ''Religio Sanitatis'' - ''The Molding of the Raw Material'' - ''The Science of the Study of Disease'' - ''The Master Physician and the Anti-Physician'' First published in 1922, Our Medicine Men is not to be missed by collectors of Paul de Kruif''s work and those interested in the history of medicine.

This pop-science volume is Paul de Kruif''s classic account of microscopic discoveries, and it presents a history of the most important figures in medicine. Microbe Hunters is separated into 14 stories of pioneering scientists, including Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632u200bu200b-1723) and Louis Pasteur (1822u200bu200b-1895). The dramatised records of important scientific figures and the history of medicine are written in simple, accessible language. Becoming an international bestseller, the volume was translated into 18 languages and adapted for the stage and screen. This volume features the following chapters: - ''Leeuwenhoek: First of the Microbe Hunters'' - ''Spallanzani: Microbes Must Have Parents!'' - ''Pasteur: Microbes Are a Menace!'' - ''Koch: The Death Fighter'' - ''Pasteur: And the Mad Dog'' - ''Roux and Behring: Massacre the Guinea-Pigs'' - ''Metchnikoff: The Nice Phagocytes'' - ''Theobald Smith: Ticks and Texas Fever'' First published in 1926, Microbe Hunters remains one of the most encompassing classic accounts of microbiology history and is not to be missed by those who wish to extend their scientific knowledge.

Paul de Kruif''s article translated by J.M. Braga from the Portuguese original.

Manuscript of his book, Fight for life (New York : Harcourt, c1938) and several articles, all on the history of medicine and on public health in the United States.