Show dr koch called by death baden baden prof robert koch the famous bacteriologist died here friday afternoon from a disease of the heart he was born in Klaus thal hanover december 11 1843 prof koch became distinguished as an investigator vesti gator of microorganisms micro organisms but probably gained most renown as the A discoverer 1 of the bacilli of tuberculosis and of cholera he was graduated in 1866 from the university of goettinger Goettl Goett ngen ingen and while a practitioner at Wo wollstein began his researches in bacteriology in 1882 he announced his discovery qt the bacilli of con emption mp tion |