A six-part series on the men who conquered disease.
5: The Tuberculin Affair by MARTIN WORTH
1890 was the year Germany was to play host to the world's most eminent doctors at an International Congress. For eight years Koch had been working slowly towards a cure for tuberculosis. Now the pressure was on him to produce results that would surpass the French success with rabies.
Music composed by DUDLEY Simpson Producer PETER GOODCHILD
Director SIMON langton
