HISTORY Flashcards
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-a Greek philosopher, he introduced
the Theory of Spontaneous Generation which states that life come from non-living matter.
ARISTOTLE
-e very first scientist to formally challenge the Theory of Spontaneous Generation was an Italian naturalist.
FRANCISCO REDI
-he filled jars with rotting meat; some jars.
FRANCISCO REDI
-popularized the use of compound microscope first invented by, a Dutch spectacle-maker
JZACHARIAS JANSSEN
-was the first person to use the word “cell” to identify microscopic Structures when he was describing cork
ROBERT HOOKE
-considered as the FATHER OF MICROBIOLOGY.
-he described bacteria, protozoa,
ANTONY VAN LEEWUNHOEK
-a who ended the debate on the theory of spontaneous
generation and also formally initiated the germ theory
LOUIS PASTEUR
also known as bioaerosols, toxin passed from one victim to the next trough the air, without physical contact.
AIR BORNE MICROORGANISM
-One of the best known sterilization technique was developed and named after louis pasteur.
PASTEURILIZATION
-a German botanist, in the late 1800s led to one of the most important discoveries in sterilization and bacteriology.
-They discovered the thermoresistant phase of bacteria to boiling temperatures
JOHN TYNDALL & FERDINAND COHN
Tyndall discovered that bacteria existed in two
forms:
1. a heat-stable form
2. a heat-sensitive form, and that prolonged or intermittent heating called?
TYNDALLIZATION
While he discovered that these heat-stable forms are spores which develop into microorganisms in inadequately
heated infusions.
COHN
- He observed that communicable
diseases were caused by invisible creatures called contagion be it by direct or indirect
contact.
GIROLAMO FRACASTORO
-this theory states that living matter is generated from another living matter.
THEORY OF BIOGENESIS
-which states that microorganisms or germs can lead to a
disease in humans, animals or other l
GERM THEORY OF DISEASE
In London (1832-49) during the worst cholera outbreak, one of the very first applications of germ theory in the field of public health was recorded when English physican.
JOHN SNOW
in 1867, the Scottish surgeon elaborated the theory and practice of antiseptic surgery, which included washing the hands with carbolic acid to prevent infection. He is known as the father of Modern Antisepsis
JOHN LISTER
-German physician successfully linked a germ, Bacillus anthracis, to a specific infectious disease, anthrax;
and Mycobacterium bacillus to tuberculosis which established the germ theory of disease.
ROBERT KOCH
-Brtish physician, discovered smallpox vaccine by collecting scrapings from cowpox blisters and inoculated it into a child volunteer. First to use the woed “vacca”
EDWARD JENNER
The first antibiotic discovered in
1928 by British bacteriologist was extracted from the Penicillum sp. mold thus Penicilin.
ALEXANDER FLEMING
– a theory that states that life spontaneously appear from
non-living matter
SPONTAENOUS GENERATION THEORY
– a guideline that Robert Koch created in establishing a disease and pathogen relationship
KOCH’s POSTULATES
