pioneers

Question 1

microbiology

Answer 1

study of microorganisms, micro means small bio means living organisms

Question 2

life was spontaneously generated from non-living matter. Things arose from muck, decaying, food, warm rain

Answer 2

Aristotle

Question 3

Used microscope to observe stagnant water and scarping from teeth. Called the small life forms he saw “animalcules”

Answer 3

Antony van leeuweonhoek

Question 4

prolonged heating destroyed the heat-stable forms of bacteria

Answer 4

John Tyndall

Question 5

recognized the role of airborne microorganisms in post-surgical infection. Used carbolic acid aerosol during surgery and applied carbolic acid to the dressings

Answer 5

joseph lister

Question 6

father of microbiology

Answer 6

louis Pasteur

Question 7

first to record that microorganisms are responsible for hospital-acquired infections

Answer 7

joseph lister

Question 8

developed first vaccine for rabies

Answer 8

louis pasteur