1800s-1900s medicine Flashcards
What did Louis Pasteur do in 1854?
He began research in why food went off, he found out germs made food go off
What did Louis Pasteur develop in 1861?
The Germ Theory
What was Louis Pasteur known as?
The ‘Father of microbiology’ which showed he had significant influence
What vaccines did Louis Pasteur develop?
Against chicken cholera, anthrax and rabies
Who did Louis Pasteur influence and what did they do?
Robert Koch who discovered not all germs were the same and turned germ theory into science.
Who did Robert Koch work with? What did they do?
Paul Ehrlich who discovered antibiotics which he called ‘magic bullets’
What was the germ theory which was discovered in 1861?
The idea that disease is spread by germs and germs could be in your body
What was a limitation of Pasteur’s germ theory?
Not accepted by Britain at first as people didn’t understand that thing as tiny as germs could have a significant impact on the body
What did Robert Koch find out causes of?
Things like TB and Chlorea
What anaesthetics were discovered in 1800s-1900s?(5)
Opium Alcohol Nitrous Oxide Ether Chloroform
What were effective anaesthetics?
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Ether
Chloroform
