Man against microbe History, 18th Century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Microbiology -- history Microscopy -- history This film traces 300 years of progress in public health and medicine. It depicts Antonj van Leeuwenhoek, the first man to see microorganisms; Louis Pasteur and his work on vaccines; Joseph Lister and his work on antisepsis; Robert Koch, the discoverer of tubercle bacillus and the cholera germ; and Emil Von Behring using diphtheria antitoxin for the first time. It also shows a copy of the first microscope ever made, bacteria dying when heat is applied, and a June 1832 newspaper describing a cholera outbreak. Shots include stagecoach, sheep, and large medical lecture class with only one female. Credits: Director, F. Lyle Goldman ; writers, Lago Galdston and I.A. Jacoby ; editor, Solis Feuerman. Received: Feb. 23, 1965; donation; from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. [New York : s.n., 1932] Galdston, Iago, 1895-1989. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Instructional Film and Video Moving image 012 min. Sound Black and white Live action nlm:nlmuid-8500742A-vid 8500742A http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8500742A OCLC: 31667767 English The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0