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Aristotle
Aristotle's work with disection generated interest in biology and other sciences. -
Robert Hooke
While viewing cork under a microscpe he found and named cells "cells". -
Francesco Redi
After seend fly eggs he questioned spontaneous generation and debated if it was true. -
Anton van Leeuwehoek
Created the microscope and developed the cell theory -
John Needham
Thought he proved spontaneous generation after boiling broth and finding microbes in it later. However, he let the jars cool before sealing them. This allowed bacteria to contaminate it. -
Edward Jenner
Created the first smallpox vaccine by giving people cowpox. -
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Pioneered biogenesis -
Ignaz Semmelweis
Started getting doctors and scientists to wash hands, thus pioneering antiseptic techniques. -
Rudolf Virchow
Developed microscopic pathology. -
Rober Koch
Through variuos experiments Koch determined that bacteria were the cause for many diseases; starting the science of studying bacteria, bacteriology. -
Theodor Schwann
He discoevered pepsin and developed further on the cell theory. -
Louis Pasteur
Created the pasteurization technique to sterilise milk and wine. -
Louis Pasteur
Discovered that you can vaccinate with a weaker strain or a weakened microbe. -
Joseph Lister
Started the practice of sterilising medical tools and instruments, -
Paul Ehrlich
Created a "silver bullet" for syphilis by finding chemicals that kill the microbe without killing the host. -
Alexander Fleming
Created penicillin after finding mold that killed bacteria in a petri dish he forgot to cover. This effectively created the first antibiotic.
