Disease and infection Flashcards
Who had discovered the benefits of vaccination in the 18th century?
Edward Jenner
What did people believe about disease before Pasteur?
Spontaneous generation and miasma
What was the name and date of Pasteur’s discovery in the beer factory?
Germ theory - 1861
What discovery made the identification of germs in unsterilized water possible?
Pasteurization
What did Pasteur’s work add to Jenners?
connected germs to disease
Name two diseases Pasteur developed vaccines for
Chicken cholera
Anthrax
Where was Koch from?
Germany
What vaccinations did Koch create?
Tuberculosis
What did Koch do to the germs to make the easier to see through a microscope?
staining
How did Koch use photographic technology to his advantage?
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What was the Magic Bullet?
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WHat was the name and number of the first magic bullet?
Salvarson 606
What disease did salvarson 606 attack?
Syphilis
Who developed the second magic bullet?
Gerhardt Domaghe
What was the name of the second magic bullet?
Prontosil
Where did Fleming discover Penicillin?
St. Marys Hospital in London
Where did the mould on the petri dish come from?
From the beer factory up the hill
How did Fleming help with the development of penicillin as a useful drug?
He discovered that it was an anti biotic and wrote a paper about it
Where did Florey and Chain develop the drug further?
Oxford University
Who helped them mass produce the drug but never won the Nobel Prize?
Norman Heatley
Which event helped the development of penicillin?
WWI
Which country funded the development of penicillin?
USA
How many soldiers were potentially saved by penicillin?
250 000
When was compulsory vaccination for smallpox introduced?
1852 in Britain
