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scientist contributions/name that scientist. Flashcards

1
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single lens

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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300x magnification

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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observed of bacteria shapes

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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drawing of bacteria shapes “animacules”, who gave that name?

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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2 lens microscope

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Robert Hooke

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built compound microscope

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Robert Hooke

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discovered cork divided into “chamber”

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Robert Hooke

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Gave the “cell” its name

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Robert Hooke

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Italian physician

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Francesco Redi

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Experiment to disprove spontaneous generation (using the life cycle of flies).

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Francesco Redi

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proved that meat does not spontaneously give rise to maggots (larval forms of flies)

Conclusion: maggots arise from fly eggs not meat

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Redi’s Experiment

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12
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was first to attempt experiment to refute spontaneous generation

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Redi

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Italian priest/biologist

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Lazaro Spallanzani

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boiled a nutritional broth, sealed it, found no microbial growth

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Lazaro Spallanzani

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15
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boiling can kill some bacteria not all

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Lazaro Spallanzani

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french chemist

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Louis Pasteur

17
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father of modern microbiology

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Louis Pasteur

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Firm believer in importance of aseptic techniques in medicine

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Louis Pasteur

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developed Pasteurization

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Louis Pasteur

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disproves spontaneous generation

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Louis Pasteur

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came up with the anthrax vaccine

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Louis Pasteur

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came up with the rabies vaccine

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Louis Pasteur

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demonstrated that Puerperal fever (childbed fever) was contagious

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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proper hand washing by medical care-givers could reduce puerperal fever

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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english surgeon

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Joseph Lister

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developed Aseptic Surgery by soaking surgical instruments in disinfectants

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Joseph Lister

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father of aseptic surgery

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Joseph Lister

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resolved questions on Spontaneous Generation by discovering spores

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John Tyndall

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Endospores: Spores; a heat resistant form of bacteria that cannot be killed by boiling

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John Tyndall

30
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germ physician

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Robert Koch

31
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developed pure culture techniques in microbiology

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Robert Koch

32
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Postulates rules…… how many are there

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Koch and 4

33
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proposed to determine that a microorganism causes a disease proved the germ theory of disease

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isolated tuberculosis bacteria

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isolated cholera bacteria

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awarded noble prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on tuberculosis

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