Hist Sci Med. 2003 Jan-Mar;37(1):95-103.
Histoire des sciences medicales
[Article in French] Alain Contrepois
PMID: 12797360
The terms of "infectious diseases" appeared for the first time in Charles Bouchard's classification at the beginning of the twentieth century. Louis Pasteur's role was significant in the birth of a new pathology but the common physicians had to assume the conception of a new branch of medicine. Alain Contrepois describes the moving of French medicine from 1870 to 1914, outside the German bacteriology whose knowledge remained misunderstood owing to the political circumstances.
