Tuberculosis, 128-138;
Koch’s dangerous experiments with, 136;
Koch discovers microbe of, 128-138;
Koch’s failure to cure with vaccine, 193, 194, 299
Tulloch, killed by sleeping sickness, 272
Tyndall, John, disproof of spontaneous generation of microbes, 86
Vaccines, anthrax, 157-164;
chicken cholera, 152-156;
famous Pouilly-le-Fort experiment with, 159-164;
Koch’s failure with tuberculosis vaccine, 193, 194, 299;
rabies, 169-181;
smallpox, 155
Vallisnieri, 26
Vercel, J., 179
Villemin, J. A., 128
Virchow, R., 127, 137, 214
Volta, Canon, 49, 50, 51
Voltaire, 27, 41, 50
Vulpian, Dr., 179
Wahab, Abdul, 286
Waldeyer, W., 336
Wassermann, Reaction, principle discovered by Bordet, 226
Wines, diseases of, 88, 89, 90
Wood, Gen. Leonard, 313, 321
Yellow fever, 311-333;
disproof of infected clothing theory, 324-326;
failure of Reed to find microbe of, 314, 315;
Reed proves stegomyia mosquito carries, 317-329
Yersin, A., 188-192
Zanzarone, popular name for anopheles, 302-308
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