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.
1 In 1945, streptomycin was discovered. 2  This marked a big step forward in the treatment of tuberculosis. 3  However, initial response was soon followed by deterioration and development of drug resistance.Other drugs were also discovered subsequently: para-aminosalicylic acid, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, etc.