A revolution in medicine (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Who was Louis Pasteur?
Who was Louis Pasteur?
French chemist
What is pasteurisation?
What is pasteurisation?
Heating substances to kill harmful microorganisms
What did spontaneous generation theory wrongly claim?
What did spontaneous generation theory wrongly claim?
Disease caused bacteria (not bacteria causing disease)
What did germ theory prove?
What did germ theory prove?
Microorganisms cause disease
What did Pasteur experiment with?
What did Pasteur experiment with?
Beer and milk
Where do disease-causing microbes come from?
Where do disease-causing microbes come from?
Air around us
Which technology allowed scientists to see microorganisms?
Which technology allowed scientists to see microorganisms?
Microscopes
Year Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation
Year Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation
1861
Year pasteurisation was developed
Year pasteurisation was developed
1864
Scientists who built on Pasteur's work
Scientists who built on Pasteur's work
Robert Koch and Joseph Lister
Pasteur's background advantage
Pasteur's background advantage
Chemistry training & scientific methods
Traditional disease belief involving bad air
Traditional disease belief involving bad air
Miasma
What are microorganisms?
What are microorganisms?
Tiny living organisms
Other 19th-century medical technologies
Other 19th-century medical technologies
Stethoscope, thermometer, X-ray machines