200. Geburtstag von Max von Pettenkofer und 175. Geburtstag von Robert Koch: Erinnerung an zwei große Public Health Pioniere
- Resource Type
- research-article
- Authors
- Kuntz, Benjamin; Wildner, Manfred; Lampert, Thomas
- Source
- Public Health Forum. 26(4):388-391
- Subject
- Cholera
Hygiene
Infektionskrankheiten
Medizingeschichte
Public Health
cholera
hygiene
infectious diseases
medical history
public health
- Language
- German
- ISSN
- 1876-4851
0944-5587
December 2018 marks the 200th birthday of Max von Pettenkofer (1818–1901) and the 175th birthday of Robert Koch (1843–1910). This article looks back on the lives of two great scientists who, especially in the second half of the 19th century, rendered outstanding services to research into infectious diseases and public health. Although they took different positions on the etiology of cholera, both Pettenkofer and Koch contributed to fighting the disease and improving hygiene and sanitation conditions. Their fundamental work and discoveries in the fields of hygiene and bacteriology continue to have a lasting effect today and are in parts still pointing the way also for the modern public health approach.