Micro History – Flashcards
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| Jenner |
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| Recognized the relationship between Cowpox and immunity to Smallpox. |
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| Hesse |
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| Is credited with suggesting the use of Agar as a solidifying agent of microbial media. |
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| Ehrlich |
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| Discovered the first cure for syphilis. |
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| Leeuwenhoek |
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| First one to see and draw bacteria and a whole host of other microbes. |
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| Ehrlich |
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| His work lead to the concept of a "Magic Bullet" to fight disease. |
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| Koch |
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| Discovered the bacterial agent that causes anthrax. |
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| Semmelweiss |
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| First person to relate the spread of puerperal sepsis to unsanitary conditions in a hospital. |
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| Redi |
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| Performed a crucial experiment proving that larger life forms did not arise spontaneously. |
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| Koch |
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| Person who was responsible for developing most of the basic microbiology laboratory techniques used today to study microbes. |
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| Pasteur |
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| Person who is considered responsible for initiating Modern Immunology. |
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| Needham |
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| Supported spontaneous generation with his findings because his corks were not sealed tightly enough. |
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| Pasteur |
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| His experiment definitively disproved spontaneous generation. |
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| Lister |
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| The founder of antisceptic surgery. |
