Contents

About the Authors

Preface

1   Kings and Queens

2   Eccentrics, Reformers and Pioneers

3   Quacks, Pseudologists and Other Phonies

4   Famous Patients

5   Warfare and Medicine

6   Discoveries and Diseases

7   Disasters

8   Addictions and Obsessions

9   Longevity

A Final Word: Can Immunisation Alone Save Third World Children?

Bibliography