Q3 - Similarities in Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming's work Flashcards
Structure for this question
2 x PEE , point evidence explain
How to answer
Do not explain differences!!! Consider similar causes, events or results, aim for two of these
What was Louis Pasteur the 1st to do?
Establish the link between germs and disease
What was Louis Pasteur known as?
The father of microbiology
What was Louis Pasteurs greatest achievement?
Developing effective vaccines to target specific diseases - thanks to huge luck
What idea did Louis Pasteur discredit?
Spontaneous generation
What was Louis pasteur’s book?
Germ theory - 1861
What areas did Louis Pasteur experiment in before microbes?
Silkworms in 1865, hired by a vineyard to see why their wine was going bad
What did Pasteur invent to preserve liquids?
Pasteurisation - slowly heating liquid, killing microbes which makes the produce safe and longer-lasting
Alexander Fleming backstory
He was sent to London by Saint Mary’s Hospital during WWI to study treatment of wounded soldiers, he found that antiseptics couldn’t prevent infection so he decided for look for something which would kill the microbes
Alexander Fleming’s luck
In 1928 Fleming went on holiday and when he got back he found mould on one of his petri dishes - the mould had come from a sandwich on his desk and it was penicillin - the staphylococci germs that were in the petri dish had been killed by the mould
What do some people argue Fleming should be called?
The father of penicillin
Pasteurs luck
He was investigating chicken cholera, Investigating on injecting the disease into the birds - his assistant accidentally left out the virus, causing it to weaken and become attenuated - Pasteur then injected this into the chickens and it was a success
Long-term impact of Louis Pasteur
He invented pasteurisation - a technique which is still used today
Long-term impact of Alexander Fleming
He was the driving force to the development of penicillin - millions of lives have been saved because of it
