Articles related to "Robert Koch"

Frustrated by unfulfilled big dreams of high adventure, Robert Koch, a German physician, was destined for smallness, as a pioneer of modern microbiology.

Koch merged medicine with concepts of infectious diseases. Disciplined thinking and lab verifications continue to this day throughout the practice of clinical medicine.

They are almost everywhere, in the air, soil and water. They are on and inside the bodies of living things. They can help, and they can harm. They are the microbes.

Germ Theory is the concept that microorganisms can cause disease, and this theory is the foundation of modern medicine. Here is a summary of some key discoveries.

Germ Theory is the concept that microorganisms can cause disease, and this theory is the foundation of modern medicine. Here is a summary of some key discoveries.

The Nuremberg Code (1947) is considered the starting point for human experimentation ethics, but strict guidelines and medical regulations existed in Germany before 1933.

In the 19th century, it was possible for whole families to die from diseases such as cholera, typhoid and smallpox and giving birth was a risk for both mother and child.

Brief biography and work of Paul Ehrlich, German scientist in immunology and hematology. He coined the word chemotherapy, the chemical that kills cancerous cells.

Agar agar is a gelatinous substance derived from seaweeds. It has wide traditional culinary uses but has become an important part of the bacteriology lab as well.

A summary of how Sir David Bruce discovered the cause of Malta Fever, also called brucellosis

Animals survive surrounded, inside and outside, by hordes of primitive microbes. How this is done is a mystery scientists sought to know and discover.

First, it was flu in Mexico, then in the U.S., then Canada, now Europe. Who is susceptible? Who is at risk ? Where will the virus appear next? Will this be a pandemic?

Prevention and control of surgical infectious diseases with antiseptics is a direct result of Dr. Joseph Lister seeing the importance of killing microbes with chemicals.

Knowledge of the how and why of the spread of infectious disease is important for control. Without this knowledge increased human disability and death may be inevitable.

Microbiologists first showed that specific bacteria cause specific diseases. Knowing what killed someone, did not cure them. That was next step. Dr. Paul Ehrlich took it!

Cancer is often portrayed through a military metaphor: as a battle, a fight, or a struggle.

Experimentation on humans is today regulated by law, but in 1874 there were few safeguards in place to protect Mary Rafferty from Dr. Roberts Bartholow.

Tuberculosis was just one of a host of diseases that carried off our ancestors, but it was particularly devastating for families all over the United States.