Microbiology

  • Robert Hooke

    "Cell Theory" - all living things come from cells
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

    Microscope / observed "animiacules"
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    Microbiology

    Pre/Golden Age of Microbiology
  • Edward Jenner

    Immunity / Coxpox protected from smallpox
  • Louis Pasteur

    Fermentation / Disproved spontaneous generation / Pasteurization
  • Lister

    Aseptic surgery
  • Robert Koch

    Microbes cause human disease / Germ Theory of Disease
  • Louis Pasteur

    Vaccinations
  • Paul Erlich

    Theory of Immunity / "Magic Bullet" - destroying pathogens without harming the host
  • Alexander Fleming

    Antibiotics (penicillin)