The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of modern medicine. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic. In The Demon Under the Microscope, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that forever changed our ability to fight disease.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PROLOGUE

I  THE HUNT

II  THE RIGHT SIDE

III THE LEFT SIDE

EPILOGUE

Source Notes

Bibliography

Index