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First to use the term "cell" when he was describing honeycomb cavities in cork.
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Proved sponteneous generation did not exist with the use of maggots and meat.
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Known for his creations of microscopes and his discovery of Bacteria and many other microorganisms
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tried to prove that microorganisms spontaneously reproduce, specifically microscopic animals
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set out to prove the existance of microoganism and are present around us.
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Began the process that led to his discovery of the small pox vaccination by taking pus from a cowpox postule and entering it in his test subject.
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Proved that hand washing reduces the number of women dead after childbirth
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used cell theory to explain disease in the organs and tissues in the body, and that these diseaes arise in their individual cells
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introduced and carried out the idea of sterile surgery to avoid the risk of illness and infection post procedure
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fermentation such as that of sugar and starch is a result of life process
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through his study of pasteurization, he concluded that all fermantation of liquid could be prevented with a heating technique
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Began the rpocess of finding vaccinacions for different illneses through different trial processes
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Discovered the bateria responsible for tuberculosis and later recieved a Nobel Prize for his work.
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(around 323 B.C.) began the classification of items, specifically in this case, animal species
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discovered the first effective treatment for syphilis and received a Nobel Prize soon after
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discovered penicillin and later recieved the Nobel Prize for the discovery in 1945
