19th Century - Individuals

Question 1

John Snow ST

Answer 1

1849- published book claiming cholera was spread by dirty water not air
He Removed water pump from broad street
Death rate of cholera decreased

Question 2

John snow LT

Answer 2

influenced public health act of 1875

Question 3

Robert Koch ST

Answer 3

Linked particular germs to particular diseases
He and students isolated causes of many diseases -
such as diphtheria and typhoid

Question 4

Robert Koch LT

Answer 4

Work developed by Paul Ehrlich

Question 5

Pasteur ST

Answer 5

invented germ theory - Invented pasteurisation

This made food and drink safer from infection

Question 6

Pasteur LT

Answer 6

Work taken on by Erlich and koch

Question 7

Ehrlich ST

Answer 7

Developt salverston 606 in 1910

First effective Treatment for Syphilis

Question 8

Erlich lt

Answer 8

Salverson was one of the first “magic bullets “

A drug targeting specific germs causing that disease

Question 9

Joseph lister

Answer 9

Operating rooms sterilised by carbolic acid , wounds also soaked in carbolic acid
Death rates fell from 46% to 15% in 3 yrs
Father of antiseptic surgery