The People's Health: Industrial era- Louis Pasteur. Flashcards

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in 1861 what did he publish?

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theory saying that germs that made liquids like beer turn bad.

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in a series of experiments what did Pasteur prove and in what year was this?

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1864.
germs caused decay and disease.

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what did the results to his experiments become know as?

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germ theory.

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although his work didn’t become widely accepted until……….. who did it connivence and what did it convince them?

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1880’s.
most scientists that disease was caused by germs and not miasma.

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what did germ theory give support to?

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earlier ideas of people like John Snow.

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by 1900 what were people more willing to do?

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pay money to improve public health.

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