History of Microbiology

Question 1

Girolamo Fracastoro

Answer 1

1500’s suggested invisible organisms caused disease

Question 2

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 2

Invented microscope and saw bacteria 1600’s

Question 3

Edward Jenner

Answer 3

Cowpox infection prevented small pox–> vaccination

Question 4

Ignaz Semelweis

Answer 4

Told us to wash hands…autopsy then pt exams lead to more disease

Question 5

John Snow

Answer 5

1800’s some diseases go through polluted water

Question 6

Pasteur

Answer 6

1800’s mild heating of food delays spoilage

Question 7

Joseph Lister

Answer 7

Late 1800’s developed methods of more sterile surgery

Question 8

Koch

Answer 8

Came up with Koch’s postulates… Proved a particular microbe causes a particular disease

Question 9

Von Behring and Kitasato

Answer 9

Discovered humoral immunity

Question 10

Metchnikoff

Answer 10

Late 1800’s discovered cell-mediated immunity

Question 11

Alexander Fleming

Answer 11

1928 found that penicillin mould prevented bacterial growth

Question 12

Smallpox was eradicated in what year?

Answer 12

1977

Question 13

Hans Christian Gram

Answer 13

Invented Gram stain (1884)