BIOL1007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Drug Resistance, Protozoa, Bioterrorism
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Infectious diseases and the concept of one health/ module; global health. 1664- robert hooke described the structure of blue moulds. 1684- w more powerful microscopes antonie van leewonhoek dicovered"" wee animacules"" this was 1st recording of bacteria, by placing glass. 1861 -loius pasteur debunks the theory of spontaneous generation. Spontaneous gen= non-living objects can give rise to living organisms. Jean baptise lamarck- creatures strive for greater perfection and move up the. "ladder"" new organisms arise by sg to fill the vacated spaces. 1745- 1748, john needham ; there is a "life force" present in molecules of all inorganic matter, inclu air, that can cause sg to occur. 1768 lazzaro spallanzani similar experiment to needham but boiled the broth and sealed the flask microbes did not re-appear as long as the material was sealed--- microbes move through the air and can be killed through boiling. 1876- first proof of germ theory of disease by robert koch.
