Medicine Part 3 Flashcards
1
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Louis Pasteur
A
Germ theory
Made vaccines against chicken cholera, anthrax and rabies
French
2
Q
Germ theory
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1861
Louis Pasteur
Theory that disease is spread by tiny micro-organisms that exist and cause matter to decay
Ideas weren’t accepted in Britain
3
Q
Koch
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Same time as Pasteur Stained bacteria Able to identify specific germs and was able to determine what they caused Identified diphtheria and typhoid Magic bullets
4
Q
Ehrlich
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1910 created Salvarsan 606
Chemical which killed syphilis germs
First chemical treatment