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Announcement of Tuberculosis Discovery
- When
- 24 March 1882
- Where
- Berlin
Koch presented his findings on the causative agent of tuberculosis to the German Physiological Society in Berlin on 24 March 1882.
Koch reported that the disease was caused by the slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. He presented the work as 'Die Ätiologie der Tuberkulose'. The announcement established the bacterium as the specific causative agent, distinguishing it from mere accompaniment to the disease.
Sources
- Robert Koch Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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