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• Winner of Winner of the 2016 BSHS John Pickstone Prize.

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will deservedly become a standard text for historians of late 19th- and early 20th-century public health in Britain. The narrative reveals the uneven, yet revolutionary impact of bacteriology on epidemiology and public health practice and sets events in Britain in a transnational context. The book is a must too for social historians, as it offers fascinating and novel insights into domestic life, through what food was brought into the home, how it was prepared and eaten, and how, too often, it had unwanted consequences. Professor Michael Worboys, Reviews in History

will deservedly become a standard text for historians of late 19th- and early 20th-century public health in Britain. The narrative reveals the uneven, yet revolutionary impact of bacteriology on epidemiology and public health practice and sets events in Britain in a transnational context. The book is a must too for social historians, as it offers fascinating and novel insights into domestic life, through what food was brought into the home, how it was prepared and eaten, and how, too often, it had unwanted consequences. Professor Michael Worboys, Reviews in History [a] fascinating book ... I strongly recommend this book, which will be of interest to scholars specialising in the history of microbiology, the laboratory, international and national disease control and the history of food. James Hanley, Social History of Medicine

will deservedly become a standard text for historians of late 19th- and early 20th-century public health in Britain. The narrative reveals the uneven, yet revolutionary impact of bacteriology on epidemiology and public health practice and sets events in Britain in a transnational context. The book is a must too for social historians, as it offers fascinating and novel insights into domestic life, through what food was brought into the home, how it was prepared and eaten, and how, too often, it had unwanted consequences. Professor Michael Worboys, Reviews in History [a] fascinating book ... I strongly recommend this book, which will be of interest to scholars specialising in the history of microbiology, the laboratory, international and national disease control and the history of food. James Hanley, Social History of Medicine Salmonella Infections is to be commended for tackling such a wide-ranging topic ... Hardy is deft at moving from local to global, from national to international, and from the sites of knowledge production to their circulation and contestation. These are themes for which historians of medicine have been clamoring of late, and Hardy's work sets the stage for a wealth of future research. Jacob Steere-Williams, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Anne Hardy provides a unique overview of Salmonella's rise as a modern health hazard and of the concomitant development of microbiology, epidemiology and public health ... Hardy provides a lucid tour de force through the history of Salmonella, microbiology, public health and food production. Her book's structure works very well in fusing these diverse histories into an insightful narrative. Readers are given a fascinating and important introduction not only to the world of Salmonella but also to the laboratories which illuminated this world. Claas Kirchhelle, English Historical Review

Anne Hardy provides a unique overview of Salmonella's rise as a modern health hazard and of the concomitant development of microbiology, epidemiology and public health ... Hardy provides a lucid tour de force through the history of Salmonella, microbiology, public health and food production. Her book's structure works very well in fusing these diverse histories into an insightful narrative. Readers are given a fascinating and important introduction not only to the world of Salmonella but also to the laboratories which illuminated this world. * Claas Kirchhelle, English Historical Review * Salmonella Infections is to be commended for tackling such a wide-ranging topic ... Hardy is deft at moving from local to global, from national to international, and from the sites of knowledge production to their circulation and contestation. These are themes for which historians of medicine have been clamoring of late, and Hardy's work sets the stage for a wealth of future research. * Jacob Steere-Williams, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences * [a] fascinating book ... I strongly recommend this book, which will be of interest to scholars specialising in the history of microbiology, the laboratory, international and national disease control and the history of food. * James Hanley, Social History of Medicine * will deservedly become a standard text for historians of late 19th- and early 20th-century public health in Britain. The narrative reveals the uneven, yet revolutionary impact of bacteriology on epidemiology and public health practice and sets events in Britain in a transnational context. The book is a must too for social historians, as it offers fascinating and novel insights into domestic life, through what food was brought into the home, how it was prepared and eaten, and how, too often, it had unwanted consequences. * Professor Michael Worboys, Reviews in History *

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Anne Hardy was on the academic staff of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and its successor the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, from 1990 to 2010. She is currently Honorary Professor at the Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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