Robert Koch and American bacteriology / Richard Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Rich, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koch, Robert, 1843-1910.

Koch, Robert.

Microbiologists--Germany--Biography.

Microbiologists.

Germany.

Bacteriology--history.

Medical Subjects:

Bacteriology--history.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

v, 244 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

"During bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on the role of bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in microscopy and laboratory methodology played critical roles. Robert Koch, the most well known of the European researchers for his identification of anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera, established in Germany the first teaching laboratory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Robert Koch; His Life and Role in Bacteriological Research 13

2 Germ Theory of Disease: Origins of Bacteriology 32

3 Bacteriology in 19th Century United States 53

4 The Cartwright Lecture: Belfield vs. Formad 70

5 Training with Koch 91

6 Theophil Mitchell Prudden 105

7 William Henry Welch 126

8 Edward Oram Shakespeare 152

9 Harold Clarence Ernst 168

10 Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy 174

11 Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner 199

12 American Bacteriology After Koch 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-239) and index.

ISBN:

9781476662596

1476662592

OCLC:

954104809