jan 1, 1876 - Koch
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1876 German physician Robert Koch establishes a procedure that proves the germ theory of disease and boosts microbiology and the identification of microorganisms. Soon there will be a substantial shift among many people from concern with the devil to concern with germs.
1882 German physician Robert Koch discovers the rod-shaped bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
1883 Robert Koch discovers the rod-shaped bacterium that causes cholera.
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