health service - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1954 - 70 Groschen
Theme: Devices, Items & Instruments
Country | Austria / II. Republic of Austria |
Issue Date | 1954 |
Face Value | 70.00 |
Edition Issued | 680,000 |
Color | brown |
Printing Type | Typography |
Stamp Type | Semi-Postal |
Item Type | Stamp |
Chronological Issue Number | 343 |
Chronological Chapter | OOS-OE2 |
SID | 705894 |
In 43 Wishlists |
The brand shows a doctor doing his research in front of a microscope. The most dangerous disease of the fifties years was tuberculosis. The people were particularly vulnerable, as the malnutrition of the first post-war years made itself felt. About one third of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis and every second a new case is added. The description of the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Robert Koch in 1882 was a milestone in the history of medicine, he received in 1905 the Nobel Prize for Medicine. In the schools, the tuberculin sample was performed compulsorily and stain-covering, which helped to reduce the disease to a large extent.