GERM PIONEERS

Hippocrates

HIPPOCRATES

• Born c. 460
• Modern father of medicine
• Wrote medical book
• Systematic period
• Clinical observation today

Miasma is a unpleasant or unhealthy small vapor that can cause diseases.

Robert Koch

ROBERT KOCH

• Born in 1843
• Doctor
• Worked on arthrax and tuberculosis
• Linked a microbe with a disease
• 1872 became district medical officer for a rural area

Louis Pasteur

LOUIS PASTEUR

• Born in 1822
• discovered germs may seem tamed by the standards of 2002
• Airborne microbes are the cause of diseases
• Built on the work of Edward Jenner
• Research chemist

Edward Jenner

EDWARD JENNER

• Born 1749-1823
• Tested a theory on a boy
• Found a vaccination for smallpox
• Country doctor
• Studied nature as a child

Jonas Salk

JONAS SALK

• Born 1914
• Developed a vaccine
• Studied the flu and influenza
• Vaccineki,led polio virus

John snow

JOHN SNOW

• Born 1813
• Iconic figure in epidemiology & public health
• Has a 200th anniversary
• Expanded his public health interests
• Practiced anesthesia until his death

Joseph Lister

JOSEPH LISTER

• Born 1827
• Surgeon
• Introduced cleanliness
• Worked on micro-organisms

Ignaz Semmeiweis

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS

• Born 1818
• Hungarian physician
• Demonstrated handwashing
• Reduced deaths