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Person scientist

Robert Koch

Koch

scientist

Discoverer of tuberculin, whose claimed results Dr Luiz da Câmara Pestana was sent to evaluate. His tuberculin was tried at the Hospital de S. Lázaro.

1Mentioned in

Câmara Pestana (Dr Luís da) — Discoverer of tuberculin, whose claimed results Pestana was sent to evaluate.
St Lazarus’s Hospital — Originator of the tuberculin tried at the hospital.

2Chronology

1890
Julius Goldschmidt tried Koch's tuberculin on patients at the São Lázaro hospital without success.
1891
Luís da Câmara Pestana left for Paris to study bacteriology and Koch's tuberculin.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (14)

Map: Madeira (14)