DATES Flashcards
Leeuwenhoek discovered animalcules
1676
Muller produced the first classification of bacteria
1786
Jenner introduced cowpox vaccination for small pox.
1798
Schwann and Schleiden, the Cell Theory
1838 -1839
Virchow stated the theory of Biogenesis
1858
Lister published his work on antiseptic surgery.
1867
Koch cultured bacteria on gelatin.
Pasteur developed anthrax vaccine.
1881
Koch discovered tubercle bacilli.
1882
First publication of Koch’s postulates.
Metchnikoff described phagocytosis
Autoclaved developed
Hans Christian Gram developed Gram Stain.
1884
Pasteur developed rabies vaccine.
1885
Richard Petri developed petri dish (plate).
1886
von Behring prepared antitoxins for diphtheria and tetanus.
1890
Bordet discovered complement.
1895
Ross showed that malaria parasite is carried by the mosquitoes.
1896
Reed proved that yellow fever is transmitted by the mosquitoes.
1900
Landsteiner discovered blood group system.
1901
Schaudinn and Hoffman showed Treponema pallidum causes syphilis.
1906
Role of protozoa in the disease process.
1907
Ehrlich developed chemotherapeutic agent for syphilis.
1910
First edition of Bergey’s manual
1923
Ruska developed first transmission electron microscope (TEM).
1933
Chatton divided living organisms into prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
1937
Waksman discovered streptomycin.
1944
Fleming and Chain discovered penicillin and its therapeutic use.
1945
Thelier developed yellow fever vaccine.
1951
Development of phase contrast microscope
Crick and Watson discovered the structure of DNA
1953
Yalow developed the radio immunoassay (RIA) technique.
1954
Lyme disease discovered
1975
Recognition of archaeobacteria as a distinct microbial kroup
1976
Development of scanning tunneling microscope
(STM)|
1980
Gallo and Montagnier identified and isolated HIV
Mullis developed PCR
1983 - 1984
First hepatitis B vaccine by genetic engineering approved for human use
1986
Chicken pox vaccine approved
1995
