Louis Pasteur

Question 1

Doings of Pasteur.

Answer 1

• Developed pasteurisation
• Disproved spontaneous generation and miasma - microbes in the air cause substances to rot and go bad so microbes in the air cause disease.

Question 2

Significance of Pasteur.

Answer 2

• Provided a “why” to the cause of disease and Snow’s and Lister’s discoveries and Nightingale’s actions.
• Inspired other scientists like Robert Koch.
• Led to greater developments in surgery, public health, and vaccines (e.g. chicken cholera, rabies).

Question 3

Inisgnificance of Pasteur.

Answer 3

• Initial had no impact, many didn’t believe.
• Unable to prove his theory specifically (specific pathogen causing certain disease).
• Some diseases could not be explained through microbes (e.g. hereditary diseases).

Question 4

Time of Pasteur’s impact

Answer 4

1861-77 or late 1800s