Robert Koch and American Bacteriology

In bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in microscopy and laboratory methodology--including the ability to isolate and identify micro-organisms--played critical roles. Robert Koch, the most well known of the European researchers for his identification of the etiological agents of anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera, established in Germany the first teaching laboratory for training physicians in the new methods.
Bacteriology was largely absent in early U.S. medical schools. Dozens of American physicians-in-training enrolled in Koch's course in Germany, and many established bacteriology courses upon their return. This book highlights those who became acknowledged leaders in the field and whose work remains influential.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Robert Koch: His Life and Role in Bacteriological Research

¿2.¿Germ Theory of Disease: Origins of Bacteriology

¿3.¿Bacteriology in 19th Century United States

¿4.¿The Cartwright Lecture: Belfield vs. Formad

¿5.¿Training with Koch

¿6.¿Theophil Mitchell Prudden

¿7.¿William Henry Welch

¿8.¿Edward Oram Shakespeare

¿9.¿Harold Clarence Ernst

10.¿Victor Vaughan and Frederick Novy

11.¿Lydia ­Rabinowitsch-Kempner

12.¿American Bacteriology After Koch

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

Product details

• Authors: Richard Adler
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2016
• EAN: 9781476662596
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6259-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Health; USA, Microbiology (non-medical), Bacteriology (non-medical), Germany, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, MEDICAL / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, bacteria, History of Medicine, History of Science, United States of America, USA, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)