The Battle Against Tuberculosis: Robert Koch, the Development of Tb Sanitariums, and the Enactment of Public Health Measures
Overview
During the late nineteenth century, tuberculosis, the "whit...
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Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch
1843-1910
German Physician
Robert Koch was a key player in the field of bacteriology and, ultimately, hygiene and public health. His brilliant research uncovered the cause...
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The German physician and bacteriologist Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (1843-1910) devised many bacteriological techniques and established the bacterial causes of a number of infectious diseases.Robert ...
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Koch was born on December 11, 1843. As one of thirteen children born to a mining engineer and his wife, Koch spent his youth in the Harz Mountains in Clausthal, Germany. During his adolescent years, h...
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Koch was born on December 11, 1843. As one of thirteen children born to a mining engineer and his wife, Koch spent his youth in the Harz Mountains in Clausthal, Germany. During his adolescent years, h...
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Robert Koch is considered to be one of the founders of the field of bacteriology. He pioneered principles and techniques in studying bacteria and discovered the specific agents that cause tuberculosis...
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Robert Koch pioneered principles and techniques in studying bacteria and discovered the specific agents that cause tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax. For this he is often regarded as a founder of mic...
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Robert Koch is considered to be one of the founders of the field of bacteriology. He pioneered principles and techniques in studying bacteria and discovered the specific agents that cause tuberculosis...
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