BIOL 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ignaz Semmelweis, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Listeria Monocytogenes
27 Aug 2016
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Bio 211 lecture 3 history of microbiology 8/26/16. 12 year old playing in garbage gets bubos, fever, circulatory collapse. Today - germs, cover cough, wash hands, vaccines, sanitation, refrigeration (spoilage), decomposition. Infection control: ignaz semmelweis- hungarian physician 1818-1865. Proposed medical personnel infect patients with pathogens- wash hands. 1st clinic: medical students, 10-35% death rate in women due to puerperal fever (septic bacterial infection) Why the difference? (cid:862)cada(cid:448)erous parti(cid:272)les(cid:863)- we know today medical students carried bacterial pathogens from diseased cadavers and infected women giving birth. E(cid:373)(cid:373)el(cid:449)eis"s o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)atio(cid:374)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)ted (cid:449)ith the esta(cid:271)lished s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al opinions of the time and his ideas were rejected by the medical community. Some doctors were offended at the suggestion that they should wash their hands and. Semmelweis could offer no acceptable scientific explanation for his findings. Infection control antisepsis: joseph lister 1827-1912 (listerine mouth wash) Named in recognition of contributions made by joseph lister. Nightingale school of nursing at st. thomas hospital: dr. john snow 1813-1858.
