Immunology was born as a daughter of Darwinism. This is a crucial foundation for understanding the dominant themes of immune theorizing that have characterized this most modern discipline. In the 187Os, establishing microbes as the aetiological agents of infectious diseases converged with new discoveries in pathology and comparative embryology to form a unique field of investigation, immunology. We believe these historical antecedents in evolutionary problematics have continued to inform current debate concerning the nature of immunity and the organization of the immune system, and here we will briefly summarize that history and its present status.
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