Intro to Microbiology

What was one of Louis Pasteur's achievements?

• Developed vaccinations for anthrax and rabies

• Monitored the cholera outbreak in London during the 1850s

• Developed a process to kill bacteria in wine

• Discovered microscopic organisms called "animalcules"

What is one of Louis Pasteur's achievements?

• Developed a treatment for smallpox
• Discovered that human disease is caused by germs (micro-organisms)
• Studied a cholera outbreak in London during the 1850s
• Studied diabetes in rats

Dr John Snow was famous for investigating a __________ outbreak in London during the 1950s.

• smallpox
• cowpox
• chickenpox
• cholera

Louis Pasteur also showed that micro-organisms ('germs') did not _____________ generate.

• swimmingly
• sadly
• spontaneously
• specifically

___________ Theory suggested that diseases were caused by 'bad air'.

• Gaseous

• Malignant

• Miasma

• Monkey

Which sentence best summarizes the point of view about doctors and scientists in the mid-1800s?

• They were very similar to modern doctors and scientists.

• They introduced many exciting and new ideas.

• They could not help their patients

• They knew very little about bacteria.

Who is known as the father of Epidemiology?

• Dr. Meredith Gray

• Dr. John Snow

• Albert Einstein

• Dr. Jonas Salk

The source of the 1854 outbreak of Cholera in London was determined to be...

• contaminated beer from the brewery

• a bad crop of lettuce

• a cloud of bad air over the town

• a contaminated water pump

He recognized the bacterial cause of anthrax and developed a vaccine for it -1880s

• Louis Pasteur

• Edward Jenner

• James Lind

• Robert Koch

He formulated a set of postulates or standards to identify organisms that cause infectious diseases - 1843-1910

• Edward Jenner

• Robert Koch

• William Farr

• James Lind