Important Dudes/Gals

Question 1

Diseases are caused by transferable sport like particles that could transmit infection

Answer 1

Fracastoro

Question 2

Father of Microbiology
1st described microbes
Invented the microscope

Answer 2

van Leeuwenhock

Question 3

Hand washing prevents puerperal (childbirth) fever

Answer 3

Semmelweis

Question 4

Antiseptic in surgery

Answer 4

Lister

Question 5

Disproved spontaneous generation
Germ theory
Pasteurization
Anthrax, rabies vaccines

Answer 5

Pasteur

Question 6

TB vaccine

Koch’s postulates

Answer 6

Koch

Question 7

Bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information

Answer 7

Griffith

Question 8

Transforming substance is DNA

Answer 8

Avery, McCarty, MacLeod

Question 9

Structure of DNA

Answer 9

Watson, Crick

Question 10

Bacterial chromosome is circular

Answer 10

John Cairns

Question 11

Promoted vaccination for smallpox

Answer 11

Mary Wortley Montagu

Question 12

Cowpox vaccination to protect against smallpox

Answer 12

Edward Jenner

Question 13

Discovered penicillin

Answer 13

Fleming

Question 14

Schick test - skin test for diptheria

Answer 14

Schick

Question 15

Public health - outbreak of cholera was linked to water pump

Answer 15

John Snow

Question 16

Public health nursing

Answer 16

Florence Nightingale

Question 17

Discovered viruses in tobacco

Answer 17

Iwanowski and Beijerinck

Question 18

Yellow fever transmitted by mosquitos

Answer 18

Walter Reed