It will escort you back in time to a more relaxed environment. There are lake house rentals, fantastic resorts with world class golf courses, boating and fishing, dozens of youth camps with years of history and unique bed and breakfast locations throughout the region.
This scientist was the first to isolate the anthrax bacillus and develop a preventive inoculation for it. Isolated the tuberculosis organism and established its role in the disease (1882). In 1883--discovered the causal organism for cholera and how it is transmitted and also developed a vaccination for rinderpest.
Rudolf Virchow. Every so often science is graced with a person who can become master of his field, rival politicians, and write to motivate masses. Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) was both a scientist and a politician, who authored books ranging from Cellular Pathology to The History of The Phillipines. In 1858 Virchow championed the work of Robert Remak, who had found convincing evidence that cells form by division.