Quiz 3
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Match the name of the person below to the descriptions of important achievements
- Antony Leuwenhoek (different spellings in different books)
- Robert Hooke
- Edward Jenner
- Ignaz Semmelweiss
- Joseph Lister
- Louis Pasteur
- Robert Koch
- Paul Erhlich
- Alexander Fleming
- James Watson and Francis Crick
Important achievements
- Discovered/reported the structure of DNA=
- Developed a smallpox vaccine using cowpox virus=
- First to describe “magic bullet”, Father of Chemotherapy=
- First to observe and report the existence of “animalcules”, microorganisms=
- First to use the term “cell” in biology=
- Many accomplishments: Disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation of Microbes, demonstrated microbes are ubiquitous/everywhere, even in air; saved the French wine industry by introducing pasteurization to kill unwanted spoilage microbes in grape juice; first to develop rabies vaccine; important work supporting Germ Theory of Disease=
- Physician in Vienna, recommended doctors and medical students wash and disinfect their hands after performing autopsies and before examining patients to prevent “puerperal fever/”childbed fever”=
- Scottish physician who used carbolic acid to disinfect wounds, to soak bandages and to spray above surgical incisions, greatly reducing infections in patients ( Listerine is named in his honor)=
- German physician who successfully proved the “Germ Theory of Disease”, proving a specific microbe causes a specific infectious disease, using 4 postulates=
- Discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, produced by the fungus Penicillium and also discovered lysozyme=
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