Louis Pasteurs Germ Theory

Question 1

Edward Jenner

Answer 1

Created first vaccine against smallpox which inspired scientists as if led to less deaths and less cases IF people were vaccinated. This inspired people such as Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur to search for the causes of disease.

Question 2

Robert Koch

Answer 2

He stained bacteria which therefore showed there were multiple types of Bacteria.

Question 3

When were microscopes developed

Answer 3

Early 1800s and made bacteria x1000 clearer

Question 4

What did Pasteur discover

Answer 4

Germs multiply

Question 5

What did Pasteur disprove and disagree with

Answer 5

Spontaneous generation (things decayed by themselves)

Question 6

How did he disprove this

Answer 6

He closed off one flask and it stayed unaffected - the other one went bad which proves sue caused this however it was Louis Pasteur that discovered it was actually the bacteria in the air making it go bad

Question 7

Where did he try this

Answer 7

In the city which made it worse and the countryside which made it better

Question 8

How did this lead to discovery in medicine

Answer 8

It meant that people could start to find ways to destroy the bacteria causing less disease as it disproved the theory of miasma. Less to a mass production of vaccines so less deaths and diseases