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History GCSE
Medicine through time
chapter 8- germ theory impact in Britain
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what did Robert Koch do ?
applied
Pasteur's
germ theory to human disease and discovered the micribe behind
anthrax
proved there were different
microbes
by injecting specific
disease.
and retrieving bacterium from experimental animals
what impact did
Koch
and
Pasteur'
have ?
led
scientists
to study and prevent
deadly
disease
what did anthrax do for Lister ?
used the anthrax
antitoxin
and
death rate halved
what did the factor of luck do ?
accidental
use of weakened
chicken cholera
germs gained immuning to fresh germs
whatI'd the factor of communication do ?
pasteurs vaccination was displayed publically and news spread by
telegraph
what did the factor war do ?
France &
Germany
were rivals as France lost a war against
Germany
in 1871
what did the factor government & finance do ?
both
Pastuer
and
Koch
had teams funded for by their governments
what did the factor individual character do ?
Pasteur was determined due to having a stroke & losing his
daughter
to
typhoid
what did the factor teamwork do ?
Pasteur and his team developed a
vaccine
for
rabies
& proved it worked
what did the factor competition do ?
rivalry
over
diphtheria
one of pasteurs scientists showed that the germ produced a poison/toxin