EXAM 1 micro lecture Flashcards
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examples of microbes
bacteria virus fungi protozones
Bacteria
living cells
virus
not considered living
fungi
mold spores, small gap microscope of fungi
Golden age of microbiology
late 1800s early 1900s
Who created first microscope
van leeuwenhoek
Who created 1st mass market microscope (reasonable price)?
Zeiss Corp Switzerland
What was different about the first mass market microscope?
stacked lenses, ocular
Why do disruptive technologies help microbiology?
invasive, treating patients as “laboratory”, challenge “status quo”
2 biggest obstacles in surgery
pain, post opt infections
If you fix pain level in surgery for patients how does it help surgeries overall
better operations, broad options, longer period to operate
why was anesthesia a disruptive technology
patients might die, pain is “gods way of talking to you”, some people thought pain is natural way of healing
miasma cloud
if you do something bad, you gets zapped with disease
What things are used as anesthesia
ether, cocaine
did they keep or get rid of idea of spontaneous generation
had to get rid of it and replace it with something else
who experimented with spontaneous generation
Louis pasteur
what did Louis Pasteur demonstrate
microbes are transported by air & life comes from life
what is theory of biogenesis
living things can only come through living things
how did Louis Pasteur flask prove spontaneous generation wrong
his s shape flask kept microbes out but let air in
What is kochs germ theory of disease
bacteria can cause disease
what does biogenesis lead to
Kochs postulates
acute disease
severe and sudden in onset
chronic
long developing
what is the causing agent of anthrax
bacillus anthracis