CONTENTS 



PAQB 



THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES 3 



THE LAW OF HIPPOCRATES 4 



JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES .... AMBROISE PARE 9 

 TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN PAGET 



ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS . 65 

 WILLIAM HARVEY . . . TRANSLATED BY ROBERT WILLIS 



THE THREE ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS ON VACCINATION 



AGAINST SMALLPOX EDWARD JENNER 153 



THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER 235 



O. W. HOLMES 



ON THE ANTISEPTIC PRINCIPLE OF THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY 271 

 LORD LISTER 



THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF FERMENTATION .... 289 

 Louis PASTEUR 



TRANSLATED BY F. FAULKNER AND D. C. ROBB (Revised) 



THE GERM THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO MEDICINE AND 



SURGERY (Revised) Louis PASTEUR 382 



TRANSLATED BY H. C. ERNST 



ON THE EXTENSION OF THE GERM THEORY TO THE ETIOLOGY 



OF CERTAIN COMMON DISEASES (Revised) Louis PASTEUR 391 



TRANSLATED BY H. C. ERNST 



PREJUDICES WHICH HAVE RETARDED THE PROGRESS OF 



GEOLOGY SIR CHARLES LYELL 405 



UNIFORMITY IN THE SERIES OF PAST CHANGES IN THE 



ANIMATE AND INANIMATE WORLD SIR CHARLES LYELL 419 



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