(WHTM) — On March 24, 1882, a German physician and researcher, Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (1814-1910), announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the microbe that causes tuberculosis.

In 1890 Dr. Robert Koch, a renowned German scientist, announced a cure for tuberculosis. The New York World labeled his find “Koch’s Magic Lymph,” and printed a picture of the bearded, 47-year-old ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - March 24 is World TB Day and is a day to educate the public about the impact of TB (tuberculosis) around the world. World TB Day commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert ...

Former Wired executive editor Goetz (The Decision Tree) offers an intriguing medical and literary history based on “accidental partners in a profound social shift toward science and away from ...

Robert Koch (1843?1910), who isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882 and proved that it caused tuberculosis, announced at a medical congress in Berlin eight years later that he had developed a ...

Robert Koch, a founding father of microbiology, used hands-on experiments in the 1800s to find the bacteria behind three of history's deadliest diseases. Robert Koch peers into a microscope in his ...

Country Dr. Robert Koch is desperate: a tuberculosis epidemic is decimating the children in his district and no one is able to do anything about it. Every fourth child is already sick and the parents ...

The National Tuberculosis Association started selling its Christmas Seals Thanksgiving Day. By New Year’s Day the Association through its state and community sub-organizations expects to raise ...

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