On December 11th, 1843 Robert Koch was born. He was just a simple baby but, little did his parents know he would discover and study many things involving modern bacteriology. By the time he was five he already taught himself to read, even though he was a mere mining engineer’s son. He used the newspaper to aid his learning. Taking after his father, he had a strong urge to travel. During high school he showed a lot of interest in biology.
He went to the University of Göttingen to study medicine in 1862. His professor’s view that infectious diseases are caused by living things made an influence in Robert’s life. He wanted to do more with this knowledge though, so he took his M.D. degree and spent six months in Berlin doing chemical studies. Later, …show more content…
It wasn’t until 1880 that he became a member of the Reichs-Gesundheitsamt in Berlin. It was then that he got a narrow room, but later got a laboratory that was big enough to have him and other scientists that were his assistants. In his new and improved lab, he continued to work on his bacteriological methods. He invented some new methods. One was planting pure cultures of of bacteria on a solid media, such as the potato. Also on agar that was kept in a special kind of flat dish invented by his colleague. That is still in use.
Also, he figured out a way to stain bacteria. This made it easier to be seen and to be identified. The result of this was the beginning of methods by which pathogenic bacteria could be obtained in pure culture. This allowed them not to be tainted by other organisms and it makes it a lot easier to identify them. Koch also made conditions, which were called Koch’s postulates, that must be met before someone can say that a certain bacteria causes a specific disease.
Two years after he arrived in Berlin, he discovered the tubercle bacillus. He discovered how to grow this in pure culture also. He published his work on this in 1882. Before he was done with his studies, he was to Egypt in …show more content…
Also, his statement at of this belief at the International Medical Congress on Tuberculosis in London in 1901 caused quite a bit of controversy and some contraposition. It is now known that Koch was correct. His idea showed that this disease was transmitted more often from contact with other people than from drinking water. This led to some new control measures.
In 1901, he reported his work done on the pathogenicity of the human tubercle bacillus in domestic animals. He thought that humans being infected by bovine tuberculosis was so uncommon that he would not need to take any measurements against it. That conclusion was rejected by commissions of inquiry in America and Europe. Though, more work was stimulated my Koch. Because of that work, successful measures of prophylaxis were cogitated.
In the month of December in 1904, Robert Koch was sent on yet another mission. This time, he was sent to German East Africa.He was sent there to study the East Coast Fever of cattle.He made many significant observations, not just on the disease. He also made observations on the pathogenic species of Babesia and Trypanosoma. He also made observations on tick borne spirochaetosis. He continued to do work and research on these organisms when he returned
He went to the University of Göttingen to study medicine in 1862. His professor’s view that infectious diseases are caused by living things made an influence in Robert’s life. He wanted to do more with this knowledge though, so he took his M.D. degree and spent six months in Berlin doing chemical studies. Later, …show more content…
It wasn’t until 1880 that he became a member of the Reichs-Gesundheitsamt in Berlin. It was then that he got a narrow room, but later got a laboratory that was big enough to have him and other scientists that were his assistants. In his new and improved lab, he continued to work on his bacteriological methods. He invented some new methods. One was planting pure cultures of of bacteria on a solid media, such as the potato. Also on agar that was kept in a special kind of flat dish invented by his colleague. That is still in use.
Also, he figured out a way to stain bacteria. This made it easier to be seen and to be identified. The result of this was the beginning of methods by which pathogenic bacteria could be obtained in pure culture. This allowed them not to be tainted by other organisms and it makes it a lot easier to identify them. Koch also made conditions, which were called Koch’s postulates, that must be met before someone can say that a certain bacteria causes a specific disease.
Two years after he arrived in Berlin, he discovered the tubercle bacillus. He discovered how to grow this in pure culture also. He published his work on this in 1882. Before he was done with his studies, he was to Egypt in …show more content…
Also, his statement at of this belief at the International Medical Congress on Tuberculosis in London in 1901 caused quite a bit of controversy and some contraposition. It is now known that Koch was correct. His idea showed that this disease was transmitted more often from contact with other people than from drinking water. This led to some new control measures.
In 1901, he reported his work done on the pathogenicity of the human tubercle bacillus in domestic animals. He thought that humans being infected by bovine tuberculosis was so uncommon that he would not need to take any measurements against it. That conclusion was rejected by commissions of inquiry in America and Europe. Though, more work was stimulated my Koch. Because of that work, successful measures of prophylaxis were cogitated.
In the month of December in 1904, Robert Koch was sent on yet another mission. This time, he was sent to German East Africa.He was sent there to study the East Coast Fever of cattle.He made many significant observations, not just on the disease. He also made observations on the pathogenic species of Babesia and Trypanosoma. He also made observations on tick borne spirochaetosis. He continued to do work and research on these organisms when he returned