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jul 6, 1872 - Robert Koch (Country Doctor)

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Developed Koch Postulate to prove that a microorganism can cause a disease. The postulate involved taking bacteria and injecting it into a healthy animal where growth would happen. This was the Golden Age of Microbiology

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jul 6, 1872
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~ 154 years ago

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