LESSON 1: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIO Flashcards
When was the golden age of microbiology
1875 - 1918
Year existed SPONTANEOUS
GENERATION
THEORY
384 BC – 17th CENTURY
When was the SECOND GOLDEN AGE OF MICROBIOLOGY
1920 - PRESENT
This tackles the study of organisms and
agents too small to be seen
clearly by the unaided eye
Microbiology
The philosopher who started the spontaneous generation theory
Aristotle
When was Aristotle created the spontaneous generation?
384-322 BC
This person accepted the ideas of Spontaneous Generation Theory
Joannes Baptista van Helmont (1580- 1644)
What era does spontaneous theory still accepted?
17th Century
-This person suggested that disease was caused by invisible living creatures.
Also believed:
-Illness and disease were thought
to have a supernatural cause.
- Many people thought it was due
to the wrath of God or evil spirits.
-Miasmatic Theory (Galen)
- Mal is bad
- Aria is air
- Bad air
1546-Dr. Girolamo Fracastoro
-This person published work on spontaneous generation of maggots
-Rotten meat were put in three jars, one jar have grown maggots in it
1668-Dr. Francesco Redi
-Discovered “animalcules”
-Also created microscope
1676-Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
-This person attempted to disprove Spontaneous Generation Theory
-Uses chicken broth to his experiment
1748 -Fr. John Needham
-This person introduced vaccination for smallpox.
-Uses milk of a cow
1796-Edward Jenner
-This person attacks Spontaneous Generation Theory
-Used gravy
1796-Fr. Lazzaro Spallanzani
-“Saviour of Mothers”
-Death rate in delivery room
was high leading to puerperal fever (childbed fever) as the cause
-Introduced handwashing
with chlorinated lime
solution
1847 – 1850-Philipp Ignaz Semmelweis
-This person discovered Epidemiology of cholera epidemic in London.
-Get tested the pump on London and discovered that the infected people are near at each other.
“Disease is not only transmitted through the air, but can also be
transmitted through contaminated items, like water.”
1854-John Snow