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Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Both Hans and Zacharias Janssen, father and son, were dutch lens makers who produced the first compound microscope. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke was the discoverer of the cells. He found them in a cork. -
Fransesco Redi
He made the theory that the presence of maggots in decaying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by maggots. -
Anton Van Leeuweoek
He looked at a lot of things under a microscope and he discovered micro-molecules but he called them "animalcules." -
Matthias Schledian
German botanist; viewed different plants under a microscope and discovered the they are all made out of cells. -
Theodor Schwann
He figured out that animal tissues are made out of cells. Then he concluded that all tissues are made out of cells. -
Terrain Theory
The Terrain Theory is the theory that the diseased body "the terrain" will attract germs to come as scavengers of the weekend or poorly defended tissue. -
Antoine Bechamp
He figured out that some microorganisms could survive in extreme heat and he proved that animals wouldn't just rise up. -
Rudolf Virchow
He made the theory famous that all cells arise from pre-existing cells to come up with cellular pathology (the study of disease at the cellular level.) -
Spontaneous Generation
The theory is that Louis Pasteur proved that living organisms do not originate from inanimate objects. Examples of this are dust creates fleas and maggots arise from rotting meat. -
Germ Theory
The germ theory states that many diseases are caused by microorganisms. -
Louis Pasteur
He discovered that the microbes are in charge of sourcing alcohol made up with the process of pasteurization, where bacteria is destroyed by heating beverages and then letting them cool -
Robert Koch
He worked with anthrax and discovered that bacterium Bacillus anthracis was a cause of anthrax.
