BIOL 202 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Zacharias Janssen, Francesco Stelluti, Rudolf Virchow
25 Jan 2017
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Animalcules: (cid:373)i(cid:272)roorga(cid:374)is(cid:373)s as o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) a(cid:374)to(cid:374) (cid:448)a(cid:374) leeu(cid:374)(cid:449)e(cid:374)hoek(cid:859)s 200x microscope: there were probably protozoa and algae. Spontaneous generation: the old belief that organisms arose from non-living matter where there was putrefaction and decay. Cell: u(cid:374)it of life as o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) o(cid:271)ert hooke(cid:859)s 25(cid:454) (cid:373)i(cid:272)ros(cid:272)ope a(cid:374)d diagra(cid:373)(cid:373)ed i(cid:374) Biogenesis: the idea that only life can produce life; contrary to spontaneous generation; propagated by rudolf virchow. Quarantines: isolation of diseased people or animals in order to halt the spread of disease. Miasma: tiny, poisonous particles in the air believed to be the cause of disease by naturalists and society in the 1700s. Variolation: form of immunization in which a small, live sample of a disease would be administered to another to induce a milder infection but still produce the antibodies for disease prevention. Vaccination: form of immunization in which an individual is purposely (cid:858)i(cid:374)fe(cid:272)ted(cid:859) (cid:449)ith a innocuous disease to provide the resistance against a harmful and related disease.
