Chapter 14
Anna arrived at the Charité Monday morning and was setting out to prepare new bacterial cultures when Professor Scherer appeared in the laboratory, clad in a white lab coat.
“Fräulein Klausen, would you please accompany me to the Pediatric Clinic?” he asked.
“Of course, Professor, let me finish setting up this round of tuberculosis experiments,” Anna answered, holding a pipette in her right hand as she dumped droplets onto the nutrient solution in a round bowl. She’d finally found a way to control the growth of the bacterium. Once finished, she blew a strand of hair from her forehead and glanced at the professor, who’d been observing her.
“I believe I’m this close,” she said, putting her fingers half an inch apart, “to finalizing a vaccine that will not only slow down the gr
