GMED1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Germ Theory Of Disease, Abiogenesis
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Reported existence of bacteria in 1676 (as bacteria smaller) Physicians refused to, committed him to a mental asylum. Discovered pasteurisation, a process that kills microbes in food and drink (originally used to prevent spoilage of wine) Took credit for first anthrax vaccine using henri toussaint"s method. Experimented with dressings soaked in carbolic acid (used as antiseptic) Found that microorganisms can invade other organisms and cause disease. Koch"s postulates - germ theory of disease know. The specific causative agent must be found in every case of an infectious disease. Disease organism must be isolated in pure culture. Inoculation of a sample of the culture into a health, susceptible animal must produce the same disease. The disease organism must be recovered from the infected animal. Summary: a specific infectious disease is caused by a specific microbe.