Disease Beliefs And Discoveries
Published on Nov 29, 2015
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Miasmas
Highly unpleasant smell or vapor. A large miasma of tobacco smoke could cause respiratory disease.
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Hippocrates
He was a Greek physician that believed that plants could clear diseases.
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Ignaz Semmelweis
He was a Hungarian physician. He discovered that the flu can be prevented by hand sanitization.
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Edward Jenner
English physician that greater the worlds first vaccine. The smallpox vaccine.
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Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist that reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
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Robert Koch
German physician and microbiologist. He was the founder of modern bacteriology, and is known for his role in identifying the specific causes of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax.
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Joseph Lister
He was a British surgeon. He promoted the idea of sterile surgery. Discovery through trial and error.
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Jonas Salk
He was an American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine.
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