Evocable protagonists of medicine . A fruitful scientific rivalry:

Pasteur versus Koch

Authors

  • Alberto Enrique D’Ottavio Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Consejo de Investigaciones. Rosario; Santa Fe; Argentina.

Keywords:

Rivalry, Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Immunology, Bacteriology, Franco-Prussian War

Abstract

Though the rivalry between the Frenchman Louis Pasteur and the German Robert Koch is well known, this paper intends to contextualize it in a warlike fact that, from the prevailing nationalisms, influenced them both. Likewise, it also pursues, by evoking the salient facts of their colossal journey, to put into evidence that, sometimes, rivalries, beyond its entailing inhibitory factors, may eventually become fruitful as in this case.

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References

1. Ullmann A. Pasteur–Koch: Distinctive Ways of Thinking about Infectious Diseases. Microbe. 2: 383–387, 2007
2. De Kruif P. Los cazadores de microbios. Ediciones Nueva Fénix; Santiago de Chile, 2018. Disponible en: https://fmed.uba.ar/sites/default/files/2018-02/tex 1b.pdf
3. Documentalia Ciencia. Pasteur y Koch. Medicina y Revolución. Documental HD. 2019. Disponible en: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGTGYop97gY

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Published

2020-05-19

How to Cite

D’Ottavio, A. E. . (2020) “Evocable protagonists of medicine . A fruitful scientific rivalry:: Pasteur versus Koch”, Revista Médica de Rosario, 86(1), pp. 40-42. Available at: http://revistamedicaderosario.org/index.php/rm/article/view/62 (Accessed: 23July2024).

Issue

Vol. 86 No. 1 (2020): Enero-Abril

Section

Miscellaneous

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