Microbes and disease Flashcards
1
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What did Ignaz Simmelweiss observe?
A
He noticed that lots of women were dying after childbirth. He also saw doctors not washing their hands after dissecting bodies before delivering babies.
2
Q
What did Ignaz Simmelweiss hypothesise?
A
He thought that the doctors were transferring something to the woman which eventually killed them.
3
Q
What did Ignaz Simmelweiss predict?
A
He believed that if the doctors washed their hands then the number of woman dying by childbirth would decreaed.
4
Q
How did Ignaz Simmelweiss investigate the prediction?
A
He tested his idea by getting the doctors to wash their hands.
5
Q
5 Methods of infection
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Air, food. animals, touch, water
6
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4 Defence mechanisms
A
Mucus, cilia, white blood cells, skin
