Legacy

• Koch's work was inspired by Pasteur
• Paul Ehrlich was one of those inspired by Koch
• Koch's legacy

  • He had finally laid to rest the belief that 'bad air' caused disease
  • He had inspired many other younger researchers to build on his work
  • He had found the germs of two feared diseases - anthrax and TB
  • He had developed research techniques that others could use throughout the world
• Diseases with bacteria found by other scientists

  • Typhoid (1882)
  • Meningitis (1887)
  • Cholera (1883)
  • Plague (1894)
  • Tetanus (1884)
  • Pneumonia (1886)
  • Dysentery (1898)