Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist. Today Google celebrated Robert Koch, one day prior to his 174th birthday, with a custom “doodle” on the Google home page: Koch won the Nobel Prize in 1905. There is a long standing controversy between the work of Koch and Louis Pasteur regarding the discovery of germ theory.
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Video: Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
Germ Theory of Disease
Originally published at AnimalResearch.Info Proving the germ theory of disease was the crowning achievement of the French scientist Louis Pasteur. He was not the first to propose that diseases were caused by microscopic organisms, but the view was controversial in the 19th century, and opposed the accepted theory of “spontaneous generation”. Pasteur set out to understand the fermentation process, and …
Read More »Open Letter to Robert Koch
Translated by Pierre Beaudry Pasteur, Louis. Correspondance : 1840-1895 / de Pasteur. Tome III / réunie Open letter to Robert Koch, December 25, 1882. Sir, In 1881, you have attacked my works too quickly and without due consideration, in your first volume of the German Imperial Health Office published, in Geneva on September 5, 1882, and, meanwhile, I have refuted …
Read More »Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch and Bacteriology: Milestones in Science and Engineering
Description: This film documents the influence of the two pioneers of bacteriology, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. Length: 15:18 Originally Aired: January 1, 1990 This video is no longer available.
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