KOCH, ROBERT. 1843-1910.


"Die Aetilogie der Tuberculose." Pp 221-230, [In:] Berliner klinische Wochenschrift, 10 April, 1882, Number 15. Berlin: Hirschwald 1882. Large 4to (306 x 241 mm). Woodcut illustrations in text. Small abrasion to first leave affecting a few letters, single fold in center, some short marginal tears. Leather backed folding case. Provenance: Dr. Thor Jager (bookplate); Clendening Medical Library, University of Kansas (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the first work on the etiology of tuberculosis. Using the plate culture technique Koch developed for cultivating bacteria, "the first consistent method for obtaining pure cultures of virtually any species of bacteria ... and applying his skill in the use of the microscope and experimental animals, Koch was able to show that tuberculosis was caused by a specific bacterium ... Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905, primarily for his work on tuberculosis and cholera" (Grolier). PMM 366; Garrison-Morton 2331; Grolier Medicine 80.