Treatment of Illness and Disease

Question 1

Who was Pasteur

Answer 1

He created Germ Theory (1878)
He created vaccines - Cholera, Anthrax, Rabies
Pasteurisation
Investigated silkworms

Question 2

Who was Koch

Answer 2

Identified microorganisms - Septicaemia, TB, Cholera, Pneumonia, Meningitis
Made new identification method
Founded microbiology

Question 3

Limitations to Pasteur

Answer 3

Published Germ Theory 17 years after discovering it

Wasn’t clear how the theory could help medicine

Question 4

Limitations to Koch

Answer 4

Long time for his work to be accepted

Identifying the organisms doesn’t help solve them

Question 5

What is the First Magic Bullet

Answer 5

Salvarson 606
Found by Ehrlich and Hata
Treated Syphilis
First chemical cure
But damaged kidney and liver

Question 6

What was the second Magic Bullet

Answer 6

Discovered in 1932 by Domagk
Prontosil
Prevented infection and Puerperal fever
People didn’t believe it and damaged kidney and liver

Question 7

What did Marie Curie do

Answer 7

Discovered Radium and Polonium
Isolated radium in 1902
Noble prize in 1903 and 1911
Created radiotherapy - helped cancer
But was very effective

Question 8

What is Penicillin

Answer 8

An antibiotic discovered in 1928
Discovered by Fleming
First antibiotic

Question 9

What did Fleming do

Answer 9

Discovered penicillin
Observed a mould created a free zone with no bacteria
Treated his friend with meningitis

Question 10

What did Florey and Chain do

Answer 10

They made penicillin and tested it on mice - successful
In 1942, the US gave companies money to mass produce it
In 1943, the mass produced it