Adventure with a microscope;: A story of Robert Koch,

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Original publication date: 1964
Dedication: This book is for Rose, Timothy, and Wendy
First words: Robert Koch heard the clock above the court house door gegin to chime as he hurried into the town square.
Foreword: Late in the year 1871, the paths of a discouraged man and a crude little microscope crossed each other.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It had been a life that fitted exactly the words that Paul Ehrlich had written after watching Robert Koch demonstrate the cause of tuberculosis: "A majestic scientific event."