CSB328H1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hand Washing, Antiseptic, Microbiological Culture
25 Jan 2014
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A s s i g n m e n t 1 : t h e g e r m t h e o r y o f d i s e a s e. Mgy377h lisa zhao 2013 | page 1 life expectancy doubled though the 20th century: 1850-1900 golden era of microbiology. 2: primary contributors to increase in life expectancy due to, major improvements in hygiene, sanitation, food inspection, dvpmt of vaccines effective against major diseases, dvpmt of antibiotics. Contributors to germ theory: agostino bassi (italian, 1808-1813) 8. first person to prove that a disease was caused by a microorganism the vegetable parasite (beauveria bassiana) caused disease in silk worms (calcinaccio) Ignaz semmelweis (hungarian obstetrician, 1847: puerperal fever in women who delivered in hospitals. 2. linked puerperal fever to being a contagious disease that the physicians brought to their patients after performing autopsies introduced handwashing w chlorinated lime water.
