Historical perspectives pt 4

Question 1

Presented a clear exposition of the “germ theory of disease”

Answer 1

Jacob henle

Question 2

Microorganisms were believed not to be caused by microorganisms but ___

Answer 2

miasma

Question 3

Sepsis could be transmitted by hands of medical student

Answer 3

Oliver Holmes

Question 4

Showed the pebrine disease of silkworms caused by protozoa

Answer 4

Louis Pasteur

Question 5

Great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by fungus

Fungus called:

Answer 5

MJ Berkeley

Phytophthora infestans

Question 6

Convinced ___fever was transmitted by physicians to patients during childbirth due to handling of bodies

Answer 6

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
puerpal

Question 7

Demonstrated the epidemic spread of Cholera through water supply

Father of modern epidemiology

Leader in anesthesia and hygiene

Answer 7

John Snow

Question 8

Used Carbolic acid to prevent entrance to wounds

Father of Antiseptic surgery

Answer 8

Joseph Lister

Question 9

Work that influenced Louis Pasteur. Focused on silkworms and disease as parasite

Answer 9

Agostino Bassi