The History of the Germ Theory of Disease

  • Robert Hooke wrote Micrographia

    Robert Hooke wrote Micrographia
    He is most remembered for drawings of what he saw through a microscope. He devolped his own version of the compound.
  • Anton Van Leewenhoek discovered micropes in water

    Anton Van Leewenhoek discovered micropes in water
    He described Spirogyra it is found on lakes
  • Matthais Jakob Schleiden believes all plants are made of cells

    Matthais Jakob Schleiden believes all plants are made of cells
    Scleiden and schwann are together they devolped the cell in theory.
  • William Stewart Halsted He wanted to prevent microbes from being spread.

    William Stewart Halsted He wanted to prevent microbes from being spread.
    He was the first surgeans to use rubber gloves during surgery. They could be cleaned with heat and chemicals that were too hard on human hands. This helped improve patients health.
  • Louis Pasteur noticed some micropes could cause food and drink to spoil

    Louis Pasteur noticed some micropes could cause food and drink to spoil
    He discovered heat could kill many of these microbes. He saved the silk industry by observing and destroying a microbe that was infecting silk worms and the leaves they ate.
  • Robert Koch indentifed a microbe that caused anthrax disease

    Robert Koch indentifed a microbe that caused anthrax disease
    He also indentified the Micobes that caused tuber culosis and cholera all from his tiny apartment. He devolped away to prove that a specfic microbe caused a disease. He also devolped agar a substance which is used to grow microbe cultures.