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47 Cards in this Set
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Robert Hooke |
Created compound microscope Wrote Micrographia Observed small empty chambers in the structures of cork with the help of his crude microscope and called them "cells" |
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Antonie van Leewenhoek |
Father of Microbiology Perfected his "microscope" Described animalcules in pond water and teeth plaque Microscope magnified to 300x |
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Schleiden & Schwann |
Formalized the "cell theory" that all living things are comprised of cells |
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Ignaz Semmelweiss |
1st clean freak: hand washing advocate to not go from an autopsy to maternity ward |
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Joseph Lister |
Listerine is named after him 1st antisceptic surgeon Advocated handwashing & sterlizing the air & patient with carbolic acid |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr |
Advocated handwashing to prevent childbed fever Mixed medical field with poetry Wrote Old Ironsides |
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Louis Pasteur |
Series of experiments to prove germ theory (swan necks on flasks) Developed the pasteurization technique Eventually developed vaccines for anthrax & rabies |
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Robert Koch |
Koch's postulates- proofs that verifies the germ theory Proved Bacillius anthracis causes anthrax |
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Julius Petri |
Invented the petri dish |
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Alexander Flemming |
Observed bread mold killed bacteria on a plate; lead to the discovery of the 1st antibiotic penicillin |
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Watson & Crick |
Double helix structure of DNA |
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Paul Berg |
Develops 1st recombinant DNA in a test tube |
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Stanley Cohen |
1st DNA clones useing recombinant DNA |
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David Ho |
"Cocktail" of drugs to treat AIDS |
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Mycrobacterium Tuberculosum |
Tuberculosis |
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Bacillus anthracis |
Anthrax |
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Rickettsia rickettsii |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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Chlamydia trachomatis |
Chlamydia |
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Clostridium botulinum |
Botulism food poisoning |
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Clostridium tetani |
Tetnus |
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Clostridium perfringens |
Gangrene |
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Mycloplasm pneumoniae |
Mycroplasmal pneumonia |
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Escherchia coli |
E. coli Normal Intestinal Flora; food poisioning |
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Salmonella typhi |
Typhoid Fever |
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Shigella dysenteriae |
Bacterial dysentery |
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Cornybacterium diptheriae |
Diptheria |
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Streptococcus pyrogenes |
Pharyngitis, Impetigi, Ear Infections |
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Vibrio cholerae |
Cholera epidemics |
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Treponema pallidum |
Syphilis |
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Staphylococcus aureus |
Staph Infections of the Skin |
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Neisseriae gonorrhoeae |
Gonorrhea STD |
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Candida albicans |
Yeast Infection |
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Penicillium sp. |
Fungus that produces Penicillin |
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Trichophyton sp. |
Athletes Foot |
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Histoplasm capsulatum |
Histoplasmosis |
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Rhizopus sp. |
Bread Mold |
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Adpergillus sp. |
Fungal pnemonia |
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Trichomonas vaginalis |
Trichomoniasis STD |
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Trypanosoma cruzi (lewisi) |
African Sleeping Chagas Disease |
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Entamoeba histolytica |
Amoebic dysentery |
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Plasmodium vivax |
Malaria |
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Trichuris trichiura |
Whipworm |
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Enterobius vermicularius |
Pinworm |
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Ascaris lumbricoides |
Ascaris Worm |
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Taenia solium and saginata |
Pork Tapeworm - Beef Tapeworm |
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Bacterial Morphology |
Cocci, Baccillus, and Spirillum |
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Colonial Morphology |
Size, Hemolysis, Form, Surface, Elevation, Color, & Light Transmittal |