TY - JOUR AU - Gómez Gutiérrez, Alberto PY - 2004/03/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - DEL MICROSCOPIO A LA MEDICINA MICROBIANA JF - Universitas Scientiarum JA - Universitas Scientiarum VL - 9 IS - 0 SE - Applied Microbiology DO - UR - https://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/scientarium/article/view/5030 SP - 7-14 AB - The invention of the microscope, in contrast with many other instruments in the history of science, and similarly only to the telescope, resulted in the  creation of a new science: microbiology. The technical development of this barroque instrument, such as happened with the violin, revealed complex  worlds in quest of human understanding. In this article we present a  cronological perspective of the main turning points that finally put the once rare instrument in the center of the medical diagnosis at the end of the first<br />millennium AD of our culture.. ER -