Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-09
goccH, TIE EACTEaloL0a.ST.
lgschievecents of Scientist F7med For /
Tuberculosis and Cholera Work.

.gschieveyne 1ts of Scientist Famed For
Tuberculosis and Cholera Work.
an The annals of the study of bac-
~ 8loey no name occupies Il more
asg51s trious position than that of Pro
,.iy.i s5r Robert Koch. the famous bac
i-ssri ologist. who died recently at Baden
RS cen. Germany.
Or Koch was born at Klausthal.
Tganover, Germany. on Dec. H. 1913.
EIsl developed and elaborated the dis.
savcrics and theories of Lister, Pas
trsu- and others and vastly improved
d5s. methods and technique of bacteri-
sAi.-ical investigation until it has be-
-rr9a the real science of preventive
MEDICINE. DR.. Kochs entire life was
s.-F0on to painstaking and persevering
eEat bold and original research in medi-
-5lae, particularly in the development
;.ea1cd extension of our knowledge Of the
eJfzssease bearing germs and their be-
iIsvior under all possible conditions af.
f.Es-ting human health.
The German doctor visited America
ifra 1908 after he had completed a year
.sTTzii a half of close study of the ''sleep-
Amg sickness" in an island in South AZ
r-r.-a For this strange malady he dis
s~gvered palliative. not a cure.
Dr. Kocl's career as an Investigator
.sssgan after his graduation from Got
rFt2Gen in 1866. AS early as 1876 he
Gsxrs isolated the bacillus of the an
a-hsrax Preventive incubation against
afzsease by the use of serum or lymph
---;t1le development of the Jenner meth
~. Of vaccination-is method which
rggxe might almost say originated with
Tle-. Koch After his discoveries as to
Sfbs. nature of the bacillus causing an
1tarax he devoted himself to the study
S.7H7ed comma" bacillus identified with
r-Sac cause of cholera.
Tx was by the discovery and use Of
rnEl,erculin. popularity known as Kochs
3yYrnph. that his fame became world
"v,,fiV. This tuberculin, which he pre-.
aynG7ef IN 1891 he himself claimed to be
aassa1ul only IN pulmonary tuberculosis.
a-staadning its use to the comparatively
S-zr'iy stages of the disease.
f@lochs investigation and discoveries
v~aStil regard to the cholera bacillus
GxaGve been the foundation Of investga-
a-arns carried on in Egypt. in India and
1x other Asiatic countries and have
aDssgle possible much more definite
ISsa>f7 Wedge of epidemic cholera condi-
f1@Hla and methods Of preventing the
.ssyyrTss1 Of the disease He went to the
hnI}ecied regions. putting his life in
a1n2 slant danger. Month by month he
ws.takcd until he discovered the cholera
xsssy,illus.
%N .dC and generous recognition of DR..
IS~ cI's scientific achievements has
Ameza given him not only by his own
Fs7r- oy other governments. In 1880 he
'gp ,ane Il member of the force of the
tIrEerial health office at Berlin. Three
yy-S1a-s later he was made privy coun-
s'l'lvT. and i'm 1850 he was appointed
gAsrector Of the new hygienic institute
OF tho University of Berlin. He went
M Italy. Egypt and India in 1884 as
gfsae hu"d of tn" German cholera com
zEa 3 ion ard on his return was deco
E'.s,ted ly the emperor and presented
with 100000 marks tS2JCo0l in recOg
III Jon of his services in discovering the
r:IHoICra bacillus. \ year later he went
~ France as The German governments
ylGlcial cholera commissioner. In 1891.
-GHon tl'c fouuCing of the institute for
WEfectious diseases in Berlin, he was
II adc director. In 1905 the Nobel prize
s5tr achievements in physiology was
awarded to him.