Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X In 1890 Dr. Robert Koch, a renowned German scientist, announced a cure for tuberculosis. The New ...

It was March 24, 1882, and a little-known German physician named Robert Koch was about to make history. A group of scientists were gathered at a meeting of the Berlin Physiological Society, a body ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost 20 years ago Professor Robert Koch, discoverer of cholera and tuberculosis germs, made a trip to Africa to study sleeping sickness. He was then 64 years old. Parts of his diary have just been ...

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 ...

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 ...