In The Foundations of Immunology and their Pertinence to Medicine, Peter Bretscher describes how the few foundational concepts of Immunology came about.
The formulation of the Clonal Selection Theory in the 1950\'s still provides a foundation for contemporary analysis.
He traces Jenner\'s development of safe vaccination against small pox in the 1700\'s, and how it led to the recognition of infectious disease by Koch and Pasteur in the 1880\'s, and to the discovery of the Principles of Vaccination.
In The Foundations of Immunology and their Pertinence to Medicine, Peter Bretscher describes how the few foundational concepts of Immunology came about