摘要：This book covers a broader field than its title implies, for while it does deal in part with living agents of disease, it is also concerned with the reactions produced in man by these agents, the impact Which infectious diseases have *upon society, and the impact of society upon these diseases. In taking this comprehensive approach to the problem of human infections, the authors, a well-known microbiologist and a former dean of a school of nursing, respectively, have produced a book which may prove exceedingly interesting to the intelligent layman, as well as to semi-professional personnel in the medical and health fields.
