Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The first stage: means to an end -- Ch. 3. Tuberculosis in France (1917-1924) -- Ch. 4. The first hookworm campaigns (1913-1920) -- Ch. 5. Retreat from hookworm (1920-1930) -- Ch. 6. Yellow Fever: from coast to jungle -- Ch. 7. Malaria: killing mosquitoes and anophelines (1915-1935) -- Ch. 8. World War II: DDT, typhus, and malaria -- Ch. 9. Malaria: the ultimate kill -- Ch. 10. Reorganization and research laboratories (1928-1940) -- Ch. 11. Yellow Fever vaccines: a slap in the face -- Ch. 12. Diseases for research -- Ch. 13. Frustrations in Sao Paulo; the wrong step in Rio -- Ch. 14. Northern lights: London and Toronto -- Ch. 15. Rough seas: Prague, Rome, Tokyo, and Calcutta -- Ch. 16. Postwar confusion: what to do next? -- Ch. 17. Conclusion: swinging pendulums