main achievments

• #1 - Discovering Individual Diseases

  In 1876, Koch and his team made a

  practical breakthrough. They found the

  bacteria that was causing the deadly

  anthrax. Anthrax was a serious

  infection that a variety of other severe

  symptoms. This was the first time that

  anyone had identified a specific germ

  that caused a specific disease.
• #2 - Growing Germs

  In 1880, Koch

  became the first

  person to grow

  germs on potatoes

  and then in a solid

  agar-jelly. This made

  them easier to study

  and research.
• Germs discovered by

  Koch:

  · Septicaemia (1878)

  · Tuberculosis (1882

  · Cholera (1883)