Bacteriology

• Dominated by two physicians:

• Robert Koch (1843-1910 C.E.)

  • Koch?s Postulates of bacteriology.
  • Found causative agents of anthrax, TB, cholera

• Louis Pasteur (1822-1895 C.E.)

  • Debunked notion of spontaneous generation.
  • Developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax
  • Master showman
  • He established the Pasteur Institute in Paris