BIOL 118 Lecture 2: 9/6 PT 2

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Biology Courses
• Course: BIOL 118
• Professor: Terry Bird

Document Summary

Germ theory : the idea that microbes are the cause of infection diseases not bad. Doctors took centuries to accept this theory. Made microscopes to count the number of fibers. First person to see & draw animalcules -alive. Single celled organisms we now call bacteria. Made hundreds of microscopes; kept refining its design. First person in history to see bacteria. Secretary to the royal society of london. Corresponding with leeuwenhoek to start designing his own microscopes. 1st person to write a book about micro bio. Beak to fill things that smelled good to combat bad smells of disease. Covered in robe, wand with incense at the end, beak mask. Scientists further investigating microbes that caused disease. No reason to associate disease with bacteria bc it was in everyones as seen by. Hypothesis- it is a proposed explanation for why something is happening/explains observation, based on some evidence, not enough to prove it though.