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Before which scientific society did Robert Koch present his tuberculosis discovery in 1882?
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Robert Koch
Best known for demonstrating that specific microorganisms cause specific diseases, German bacteriologist and physician helped to confirm the germ theory of disease.
On March 24, 1882, the German physician and bacteriologist Robert Koch announced his discovery of the tubercle bacillusāthe causative agent of tuberculosisābefore the Physiological Society of Berlin.1