manner Jenner began the science of Immunology, the
study of the body’s response to foreign substances.
Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Robert Koch was a German physician.
- For the first time he showed the evidence that a specific germ
(Anthrax bacillus) was the cause of a specific disease (spleenic
fever in sheep)
- He established that a specific germ can cause a specific
disease and introduced scientific approach in Microbiology
- He discovered Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax bacillus), Myco-
bacterium tuberculosis, and Vibrio cholerae.
- He modified Ziehl-Neelsen acid fast staining procedure which
was introduced by Ehrlich.
- He devised the solid medium to grow the microorganism to