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KOCH, Robert (1843-1910). "Die Aetiologie der Tuberculose." In: Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift. Vol. 19, No. 15, pp.221-230. Berlin: Hirschwald, 1882.
2o (301 x 233 mm). 5 leaves. Modern boards.
FIRST PRINTING. "The contribution of Koch to the germ theory of disease are of major importance and run parallel with those of Pasteur" (PMM). "This brief journal article, in which Koch first states the actual cause of tuberculosis to be the tubercle bacillus and not nutritional deficiencies (as was widely believed), is a medical classic. His discovery helped enormously in the control of widespread affliction. For his work on tuberculosis, Koch received the 1905 Nobel prize" (Heirs of Hippocrates 2054); Dibner 134; Garrison-Morton 2331; PMM 366(c); Waller 5338a.
2o (301 x 233 mm). 5 leaves. Modern boards.
FIRST PRINTING. "The contribution of Koch to the germ theory of disease are of major importance and run parallel with those of Pasteur" (PMM). "This brief journal article, in which Koch first states the actual cause of tuberculosis to be the tubercle bacillus and not nutritional deficiencies (as was widely believed), is a medical classic. His discovery helped enormously in the control of widespread affliction. For his work on tuberculosis, Koch received the 1905 Nobel prize" (Heirs of Hippocrates 2054); Dibner 134; Garrison-Morton 2331; PMM 366(c); Waller 5338a.