History Flashcards
diseases are caused by transferable spore like particles that could transmit infection
Fracastoro
Father of Microbiology and inventor of microscope
van Leeuwenhoek
hand washing prevents puerperal (childbirth) fever
Semmelweis
antiseptic in surgery
Lister
Father of pathology who disproved spontaneous generation and developed Germ theory and rabies vaccine
Pasteur
proved bacteria causes disease
Koch
bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information
Griffith
the transforming substance is DNA
Avery, McCarty, Macleod
DNA structure
Watson and Crick
bacterial chromosome is circular
John Cairns
promoted vaccination for smallpox
Mary Wortley Montagu
smallpox vaccine
Jenner
discovered penicillin
Fleming
skin test for diptheria
Schick –> Schick test
improved public health by linking outbreak of cholera to water pump
John Snow
public health nursing
Florence Nightingale
Discovered viruses in tabacco
Iwanowski and Beijerinck
yellow fever
Walter Reed
phagocytic theory of immune response
Burnet/metchinkoff
bacteriophage
Felix D’Herelle
magic bullet for syphilis
Ehrlich
discovered the virus
Iwanowski
classified streptococcus
lancefield
discovered prions
Pyusner
live polio vaccine
Sabin
dead polio vaccine
Salk
