Causes of Disease (Industrial) Flashcards
1
Q
What did Pasteur originally prove bacteria were responsible for?
A
Souring beer and wine (later milk)
2
Q
Where did Pasteur prove bacteria came from?
A
Proved that bacteria was introduced from the environment, not just spontaneously generated
3
Q
What did Pasteur’s “Germ Theory” prove?
A
That it was micro-organisms like bacteria which caused disease
4
Q
Due to Germ Theory what could Koch do?
A
Was able to find the specific microbes that caused disease
5
Q
What diseases did Koch find the causing microbe for?
A
- Typhoid (1882)
- Cholera(1883)
- Pneumonia (1886)
- Meningitis (1887)
- Plague (1894)
6
Q
What did John Snow find?
A
Made the link between Cholera and dirty water
7
Q
What did Casimir Funk find?
A
Discovered the first vitamins => realised some diseases were caused by poor diet
