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Historical Figures
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 4
09/19/2011

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Robert Hooke

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Developed microscope (30x mag.) and viewed "cells" on a cork
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Antony Leeuwenhoek
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Developed micrscope and CORRECTLY described microorganisms
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Fransesco Redi
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experimented with meat containers--->proved that flies do not spontaneously generate from meat
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Louis Pasteur
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microorganisms are in the air and contaminate environments
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Edward Jenner
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developed first vaccine for small pox--> immunity
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Tyndall
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dust carry microbes--->used broth to prove theory
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Oliver Holmes
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Related that the amount of mothers who had homebirths developed fewer infections
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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Infected that mother illness was related to physicians coming from autopsy
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Joseph Lister
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Used phenol to disinfect hands--->handwashing-->patients had fewer infections
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Robert Koch
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Koch's Postulate; developed pure culture techniques with the use of agar and petri dish
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Paul Ehrlich
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Blended chemicals could kill microorganisms without hurting patient--> chemotherapy
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Alexander Fleming
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discovered anti-biotics
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