| Chapter 1 | Overture to a Science Unborn: Smallpox and the Origins of Immunology |
| Chapter 2 | The Anatomy of an Immune Response |
| Chapter 3 | Living in the Bubble: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases |
| Chapter 4 | Hypersensitivity and Allergy |
| Chapter 5 | Horror Autotoxicus: The Immunology of Self Destruction |
| Chapter 6 | When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: AIDS |
| Chapter 7 | Organ Transplantation: Exploring the Boundaries Between Technology and Ethics |
| Chapter 8 | Minding the Immune System's Business: The Dialogue between the Brain and the Immune System |
| Appendix I | Diversity, Tolerance and Memory: The Politically Correct Immune System |