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Article: SCIENTISTS WAGE WAR ON THE GERM MORE POWERFUL MICROSCOPES HELP DOCTORS UNRAVEL CLUES AND DEVELOP VACCINES.(OUR MILLENNIUM)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 25, 1999
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Byline: BROWN H. CARPENTER, STAFF WRITER
THE WAR AGAINST disease took a major turn during the last third of the 19th century when the lowly - but often deadly - germ lost its major advantage: invisibility.
Medical science identified the microbes responsible for scores of ailments, setting the stage for innoculations that would either prevent infections with vaccines or defeat them with antibiotics.
Two giants among modern scientists - Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch - were the generals in this war against infectious illnesses, but dozens of others were responsible for major breakthroughs.
With the 20th century approaching, nuclear science ...