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  2. Robert Koch - Wikipedia

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    Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (/ k ɒ x / KOKH; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] ⓘ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax, he is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology.

  3. Timeline of biotechnology - Wikipedia

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    1877 – Robert Koch develops a technique for staining bacteria for identification. 1878 – Walther Flemming discovers chromatin leading to the discovery of chromosomes. 1881 – Louis Pasteur develops vaccines against bacteria that cause cholera and anthrax in chickens.

  4. Anthrax - Wikipedia

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    Also, a voluntary evacuation and anthrax vaccination program was established for people from 18 to 55. [ 116 ] To support the cover-up story, Soviet medical and legal journals published articles about an outbreak in livestock that caused gastrointestinal anthrax in people having consumed infected meat, and cutaneous anthrax in people having ...

  5. History of penicillin - Wikipedia

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    In 1876, German biologist Robert Koch discovered that a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) was the causative pathogen of anthrax, which became the first demonstration that a specific bacterium caused a specific disease and the first direct evidence of germ theory of diseases.

  6. List of anthrax outbreaks - Wikipedia

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    In September 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others. Of those infected, 11 developed cutaneous anthrax, while 11 developed inhalation anthrax. 20 of the 22 infected worked at a site where contaminated mail was handled or received. [7]

  7. Germ theory's key 19th century figures - Wikipedia

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    Koch contributed greatly to science related to the specificity of bacteria . He discovered and confirmed that a specific bacteria causes a specific illness. [62] In the 1870s, anthrax was a major cause of concern to both farmers and people living in the area of an outbreak.

  8. Project Mercury - Wikipedia

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    Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union.

  9. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific field

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    Oberth was the first, who presented mathematically analyzed concepts and designs of space ships. [152] Braun´s V2 rocket was the first man made object in space. [153] He led the Apollo program. Thermodynamics: Sadi Carnot (founder) [154] Rudolf Clausius (one of the founding fathers)