Industrial- Pasteur and Koch Flashcards
when?
19th century
who controlled the whole of europe?
central government
what impact did jenners vaccination have on research?
the search was on to explain his discovery
who were at war during this time?
france and germany
what improvements helped Pasteur and Koch?
improvements in technology meant that microscopes allowed for closer examination
how had belief in the four humours and punishment from god changed by the 1800s?
they were fading fast
what was a new factor they believed caused disease?
miasma
they believed rotting food and flesh released poisonous fumes as they smelled bad
what was another new theory at the time?
spontaneous generation
what did this mean?
the idea that organisms automatically generated by the process of decay eg. meat
people thought rotting and decay caused germs rather than the other way around
what did Pasteur do?
developed germ theory in 1861
how did he come to this discovery?
whilst working on a method to keep beer and wine fresh
what results did his discovery have?
changed the whole understanding of how illnesses are caused
proved that germs caused disease
what was a limitation in Pasteurs discovery?
he couldn’t identify which germs caused which illness
what did Koch do?
discovered the bacteria that causes anthrax
established a new method of staining bacteria
what years were many diseases identified and how many?
1880-1898
8 new diseases
