24 March, World Tuberculosis Day
On 24 March 1882, Robert Koch identified the bacillus that causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, known in his honour as Koch’s bacillus. This discovery earned Robert Koch the Nobel Prize in 1905, the finding was of great significance at the time, since one fifth of deaths were caused by tuberculosis. In commemoration of this discovery, every 24th March is marked on the calendar as World Tuberculosis Day. [Continue Reading]