Robert Koch was a German physician.

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manner Jenner began the science of Immunology, the
study of the body’s response to foreign substances.
Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Robert Koch was a German physician.

  1. For the first time he showed the evidence that a specific germ
    (Anthrax bacillus) was the cause of a specific disease (spleenic
    fever in sheep)
  2. He established that a specific germ can cause a specific
    disease and introduced scientific approach in Microbiology
  3. He discovered Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax bacillus), Myco-
    bacterium tuberculosis, and Vibrio cholerae.
  4. He modified Ziehl-Neelsen acid fast staining procedure which
    was introduced by Ehrlich.
  5. He devised the solid medium to grow the microorganism to
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