Fighting Disease 19th/20th Century Flashcards
1800’s Main Beliefs of Disease
Supernatural- unpopular MiasmaMicroscopes- Developed
Inoculation/Vaccination
18th Cen- Small Pox- Common/Lethal Inoculation- Prevented England- Lady Mary Wortly Montague- Turkey Pus- Scab= Immunity (No Expla)
Edward Jenner- Vaccination
EJ- Vaccination= Safer Doc- GloucestershireDairy Maids caught CP= Immune to SPRoyal Society= Experiment= Connection James Phillip injected with SP+CP= Survived
EJ Impact
Methods- Successful–> Affected peoples Lives 1798- Published 1802- 30K1803-USA1807- Money 1857- CompulsorySignificant- Injecting one disease prevent another
EJ Debate
Doctors Inoculated- Lost Business Not Respected- No Evidence -Royal Soc- Not Publish Religious- Animal disease Not Gov Role
Pasteur
57- Pasteur (France)- Wine Processors- Alcohol= Sour Microscope-Germs- Sour (Milk & Beer)Pasteurization- Killed Germs (Heat)Germs caused problems- Link 61- Published 64-Proved
Koch
Studied/Read Pasteur work 72- Dye- Identify Germ Identified Germs for 72- Anthrax 82- Tuberculosis 83- Cholera
Developments in Drug/Vaccine
Past- Accidental Experiment- Chicken Cholera Kochs Method- Injected Chickens- Died Germs- Exposed to air Chickens Survived81- Anthrax Vaccine 82- Human Rabies
Koch & Erlich- Magic Bullets
Magic Bullet- Killed Germs 1909- Paul Ehlrich- Chemical Compound- killed Germs1911- Magic Bullets Gerhard Domagk- Blood Poisoning
Penicillin
Stage 1 1928- Treatment of Infection Holiday- Penicillin grew- Mold Killed Germs Antideptic+ Wrote Findings Stage 2Howard Florey + Ernst Chain Mold- Antibiotic Worked on AMIMALS + HUMAN TrailStage 3 Mass Produced 1942- Fleming + Meningitis