Cause of Illness through time Flashcards
Who developed the first rational way of explaining the causes of disease and what was it called?
Hippocrates, the Four Humours
Why did it remain superiorly important in Medieval Britain?
It was a non-religious theory that the Church allowed, it was not an idea that was banned.
What new theories developed the Renaissance?
Contagion and that there might be seeds in the air that caused disease.
How did Thomas Sydenham, in 1676, challenge the very basis of the Four Humours?
He argued disease was something that attacked the body, not something that happened because of imbalances with in.
What did Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, in 1702, claim he could see through a microscope?
Animalcules on food
What theory was increasingly popular for explaining animalcules around 1800?
Spontaneous Generation
What year did germ theory get published and by who?
1861 - Louis Pasteur
What were the “four principles of germ theory”?
- Germs are everywhere around us in the air
- Germs cause decay, decay does not “spontaneously” generate them
- Germs are not evenly distributed
- Germs can be killed by heating them up.
Who discovered specific germs that causes specific disease?
Robert Koch
