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
