Saturday, January 31, 2004

Spa

Known in Roman times and mentioned by Pliny the Elder, the springs were rediscovered in 1326 and have been frequented since the

Friday, January 30, 2004

Koch, Robert

In full �Robert Heinrich Hermann Koch� German physician and one of the founders of bacteriology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle (1876) and the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883). For his discoveries in regard to tuberculosis, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1905.

Thursday, January 29, 2004

Utah, Mormon settlement and territorial growth

When wagonloads of Mormon pioneers under the leadership of Brigham Young first entered