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A Theory of Germs
Pages 7-8

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... Still, it has been little more than a century and a half since Robert Koch made the discoveries that led Louis Pasteur to describe how small organisms called germs could invade the body and cause disease. In the final decades of the 19th century, Koch conclusively established that a particular germ could cause a specific disease.
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... A rash then appears over the entire body including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Death occurs in 30% of patients due to a mas sive immune response that causes clotting of the blood and organ failure.
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