The bacteria craze of the 1880s.

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    • Subject Terms:
      DIAGNOSTIC microbiology; KOCH, Robert; CROOKSHANK, Edgar; KLEIN, Emanuel; GRADLE, Henry
    • Abstract:
      Traces the evolution of clinical microbiology through the contributions of several pioneers in the field. Identification of individual species of pathogenic bacteria by Robert Koch of East Prussia in the late 1870s; Career of Edgar March Crookshank in the service of Lord Lister in 1882; Publication of `Micro-organisms and Diseases: Introduction into the Study of Specific Micro-organisms and Disease,' by Emanuel Klein in 1884; Contributions of Henry Gradle and George M. Sternberg.