The People's Health: Industrial era- Louis Pasteur. Flashcards
1
Q
in 1861 what did he publish?
A
theory saying that germs that made liquids like beer turn bad.
2
Q
in a series of experiments what did Pasteur prove and in what year was this?
A
1864.
germs caused decay and disease.
3
Q
what did the results to his experiments become know as?
A
germ theory.
4
Q
although his work didn’t become widely accepted until……….. who did it connivence and what did it convince them?
A
1880’s.
most scientists that disease was caused by germs and not miasma.
5
Q
what did germ theory give support to?
A
earlier ideas of people like John Snow.
6
Q
by 1900 what were people more willing to do?
A
pay money to improve public health.