History of Immunology Flashcards
____ are foreign substances that induce a host response.
Antigens
____ can be defined as the study of a host’s reactions to foreign substances that are introduced into the body.
Immunology
____ is the condition of being resistant to infection.
Immunity
____ is the Father of Immunology.
Louis Pasteur
This event was considered the birth of Immunology.
Discovery of live attenuated vaccine
The first recorded attempts to deliberately induce immunity date back to the ____.
1500
The ____ practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from the crusts of smallpox lesion.
Chinese
The Chinese practiced a form of immunization by ____ derived from the crusts of smallpox lesion.
inhaling dried powders
The Chinese practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from the ____.
crusts of smallpox lesion
____ was able to successfully prevent infection with smallpox by injecting a less harmful substance—cowpox.
Edward Jenner
- Date: 1798
- Person: Edward Jenner
- Contribution:
Smallpox vaccination (came from cowpox lesions)
- Date: 1798
- Person:
- Contribution: Smallpox vaccination (came from cowpox lesions)
Edward Jenner
- Date:
- Person: Edward Jenner
- Contribution: Smallpox vaccination (came from cowpox lesions)
1798
- Date: 1500
- Person: Chinese
- Contribution:
They practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from the crusts of smallpox lesion.
- Date: 1500
- Person:
- Contribution: They practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from the crusts of smallpox lesion.
Chinese
- Date:
- Person: Chinese
- Contribution: They practiced a form of immunization by inhaling dried powders derived from the crusts of smallpox lesion.
1500
____ is the immunization practiced by Chinese derived from inhaling smallpox lesion crusts.
Variolation
Smallpox vaccination was derived from ____.
Cowpox lesion
Vaca means ____.
cow
Vaccination came from the Latin word ____.
vaca
- Date: 1862
- Person: Haeckel
- Contribution:
Phagocytosis
- Date: 1862
- Person:
- Contribution: Phagocytosis
Haeckel
- Date:
- Person: Haeckel
- Contribution: Phagocytosis
1862
____ means cell eating or engulfment.
Phagocytosis
____ is the Father of Immunology.
Louis Pasteur
- Date: 1880 - 1881
- Person: Louis Pasteur
- Contribution:
Live, attenuated chicken cholera, anthrax vaccine
- Date: 1880 - 1881
- Person:
- Contribution: Live, attenuated chicken cholera, anthrax vaccine
Louis Pasteur
- Date:
- Person: Louis Pasteur
- Contribution: Live, attenuated chicken cholera, anthrax vaccine
1880 - 1881
____ means to weaken the antigen.
Attenuated
What are the means of Attenuation?
- Heating
- Aging
- Chemical
- Date: 1883 -1905
- Person: Ellie Metchnikoff
- Contribution:
Cellular Theory of Immunity through Phagocytosis
- Date: 1883 -1905
- Person:
- Contribution: Cellular Theory of Immunity through Phagocytosis
Ellie Metchnikoff
- Date:
- Person: Ellie Metchnikoff
- Contribution: Cellular Theory of Immunity through Phagocytosis
1883 -1905
- Date: 1885
- Person: Louis Pasteur
- Contribution:
- Therapeutic Vaccination
- First report of live attenuated rabies vaccine
- Date: 1885
- Person:
- Contribution: Therapeutic Vaccination, First report of live attenuated rabies vaccine
Louis Pasteur
- Date:
- Person: Louis Pasteur
- Contribution: Therapeutic Vaccination, First report of live attenuated rabies vaccine
1885
- Date: 1890
- Person: Von Behring, Kitasata
- Contribution:
Humoral Theory of Immunity
- Date: 1890
- Person:
- Contribution: Humoral Theory of Immunity
Von Behring, Kitasata
- Date:
- Person: Von Behring, Kitasata
- Contribution: Humoral Theory of Immunity
1890
- Date: 1891
- Person: Robert Koch
- Contribution:
Cutaneous Hypersensitivity (Type IV - delayed)
- Date: 1891
- Person:
- Contribution: Cutaneous Hypersensitivity (Type IV - delayed)
Robert Koch
- Date:
- Person: Robert Koch
- Contribution: Cutaneous Hypersensitivity (Type IV - delayed)
1891
____ is the exaggerated reaction of the immune system.
Hypersensitivity
Types of Hypersensitivity
- I - immediate
- II - cellular
- III - immune complex deposition
- IV - delayed
Which Type of Hypersensitivity?
Immediate reaction
Type I
Which Type of Hypersensitivity?
Cellular
Type II
Which Type of Hypersensitivity?
Immune complex deposition
Type III
Which Type of Hypersensitivity?
Delayed
Type IV
- Date: 1894 - 1895
- Person: Pfeiffer & Buchner
- Contribution:
Complement-mediated cytolysis
- Date: 1894 - 1895
- Person:
- Contribution: Complement-mediated cytolysis
Pfeiffer & Buchner
- Date:
- Person: Pfeiffer & Buchner
- Contribution: Complement-mediated cytolysis
1894 - 1895
- Date: 1896
- Person: Gruber & Durham
- Contribution:
Agglutination Reactions
- Date: 1896
- Person:
- Contribution: Agglutination Reactions
Gruber & Durham
- Date:
- Person: Gruber & Durham
- Contribution: Agglutination Reactions
1896
- Date: 1896
- Person: Ferdinand Widal
- Contribution:
Agglutination reaction for diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
- Date: 1896
- Person:
- Contribution: Agglutination reaction for diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
Ferdinand Widal
- Date:
- Person: Ferdinand Widal
- Contribution: Agglutination reaction for diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
1896
- Date: 1900
- Person: Paul Ehrlich
- Contribution:
Antibody formation theory
- Date: 1900
- Person:
- Contribution: Antibody formation theory
Paul Ehrlich
- Date:
- Person: Paul Ehrlich
- Contribution: Antibody formation theory
1900
- Date: 1900
- Person: Karl Landsteiner
- Contribution:
ABO Blood Group
- Date: 1900
- Person:
- Contribution: ABO Blood Group
Karl Landsteiner
- Date:
- Person: Karl Landsteiner
- Contribution: ABO Blood Group
1900