Title: Robert Koch and American bacteriology /
Authors: Adler, Rich,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Koch, Róbert; Koch, Robert,; Koch, Robert,; Microbiologists Germany Biography.; Bacteriology history; United States; Germany
Abstract: "During bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on the role of bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in microscopy and laboratory methodology played critical roles. Robert Koch, the most well known of the European researchers for his identification of anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera, established in Germany the first teaching laboratory"--
Contents: Robert Koch: his life and role in bacteriological research -- Germ theory of disease: origins of bacteriology -- Bacteriology in 19th century United States -- The Cartwright lecture: Belfield vs. Formad -- Training with Koch -- Theophil Mitchell Prudden -- William Henry Welch -- Edward Oram Shakespeare -- Harold Clarence Ernst -- Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy -- Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner -- American bacteriology after Koch.