Robert Koch, a life in medicine and bacteriology

Robert Koch, a life in medicine and bacteriology / Thomas D. Brock.

Robert Koch's story is a stirring example of how a lone country doctor can rise above all odds to become a true scientific revolutionary. Koch was the founder of the discipline of bacteriology, and his work formed the basis for all modern ideas of hygiene and public health. Given the Nobel Priz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brock, Thomas D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, WI : Berlin ; New York : Science Tech Publishers ; Springer-Verlag, c1988.
Series:Scientific revolutionaries
Subjects:
Koch, Robert, > 1843-1910.
Microbiologists > Germany > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Koch's Early Years
  • 3 The Young Doctor and Husband
  • 4 Steps toward Maturity: Koch in Wollstein
  • 5 The Lone Scientist: The Work on Anthrax
  • 6 First Recognition: Koch and Cohn
  • 7 Koch's Role in the Microscope Revolution
  • 8 Studies on Wound Infections: The Later Wollstein Years
  • 9 On to Berlin
  • 10 Koch at the Crossroads: From Lone Doctor to Group Leader
  • 11 Simple Gifts: The Plate Technique
  • 12 Sterilization, Disinfection, and other Techniques
  • 13 The London Meeting: Koch, Lister, and Pasteur
  • 14 World Fame: The Discovery of the Tuburcle Bacillus
  • 15 The World Traveler: To Egypt and India in Search of Cholera
  • 16 The Pasteur/Koch Controversy
  • 17 The Berlin Professor
  • 18 At the Center of a Storm: Koch's Work on Tuburculin
  • 19 Consolidation and Transition
  • 20 Africa Years: Robert Koch's Research in Tropical Medicine
  • 21 The World Tour: Koch in America and Japan
  • 22 As Assessment of Koch and His Work
  • Chronology
  • Bibliography of Koch's Writings
  • Notes
  • Index.

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