Koch's Tuberculosis Cure That Killed Its Patients
Industrial Revolution

Koch's Tuberculosis Cure That Killed Its Patients

A German doctor's miracle cure for tuberculosis became one of medicine's deadliest mistakes.

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19th CenturyGermanyMedical HistoryPublic HealthScientific EthicsBerlinTuberculosisDrug DevelopmentClinical ResearchRobert KochMedical ScandalsPharmaceutical History

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