Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
12 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
|
invented the first simple microscope to see microorganisms; description of all known types of microorganisms except viruses
|
|
|
John Snow
|
Traced transmission of cholera to sewage-contaminated water; established principles of epidemiology
|
|
|
Ignaz Semmelweiss
|
Proved that nosocomial (hospital) infections exist when maternal wards in hospitals had higher rates of fever as a result of hospital staff moving between cadavers and wards
|
|
|
Louis Pasteur
|
discovered that heat kills organisms that spoil wine and milk; pasteurization
|
|
|
Joseph Lister
|
(listerine) developed guidelines for antiseptic surgery
|
|
|
Hans Gram
|
Developed Gam stain for bacteria
|
|
|
Edward Jenner
|
Discovered that vaccinia (cowpox) protects against smallpox
|
|
|
Paul Ehrlich
|
Coined the term "chemotherapy" to target chemicals for certain organisms; formulates theory of selective toxicity for the chemotherapy of infectious diseases
|
|
|
Alexander Fleming
|
Discovered that penicillin inhibited certain microbial growth by inhibiting the bacterial cell wall; first antibiotic
|
|
|
Watson, Crick, Franklin, and Wilkins
|
Determined the structure of DNA
|
|
|
Marshall and Warren
|
Dsicover gastric ulcers are caused by bacteria Helicobacter pylori
|
|
|
Kerry Mullis
|
Invented PCR
|
