Themes - Chance

Question 1

Renaissance

What did Louis Pasteur do by accident that changed the way gunshot wounds were treated?

Answer 1

Discovery of rose oil, egg white and turpentine which was used on cauterised wounds as oil had ran out

Question 2

19th century

What did Pasteur investigate which led to the discovery a new vaccine

What happened by chance to make the government take action against disease?

Answer 2

1879 – Pasteur investigated chicken cholera which led to the discovery of how vaccines worked

‘The Great Stink’ – prompted the government to take action against disease in London -> sewer system introduced

Question 3

20th century

What famous antibiotic was discovered?

Answer 3

Discovery of penicillin by Fleming in 1928