Zusammenfassung der Ressource
A Brief History of Infectious Disease Prevention
- Edward Jenner
- 1749-1823
- Developed the first effective vaccine
Anlagen:
- used cowpow to vaccinate against smallpox
- Ignaz Semmelweis
- 1818-1865
- Promoted handwashing as a means of reducing the spread of puerperal
fever to women in childbirth
- Oliver Wendall Homes
- 1809-1894
- Louis Pasteur
- 1822-1895
- Helped develop the germ theory of infectious disease stating
that disease is caused by microorganisms
- Joseph Lister
- 1827-1912
- Helped develop the germ theory. Introduced aseptic techniques in medicine
through use of antiseptics onwounds surgical sites and surgical instrucments
- Robert Koch
- 1843-1910
- Developed a set of proofs known as Koch's
Postulates that microbes caused disease
- Sir Alexander Fleming
- 1881-1955
- Discovered Penicillian