Current Asheville, North Carolina Population, Demographics and stats in 2016, 2015.
Robert Koch, a German physician and scientist, presented his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), on the evening of March 24, 1882.
The first tuberculosis sanatorium, established in Europe, influenced the standard of sanatorium siting and building layout. Gustav Brehmer founded the sanatorium in 1859, giving special care to the location and aesthetic of the site.