RAT - industrial causes of disease

What was the Enlightenment?

• idea that people could think for themselves
• idea that people should listen to God
• when electricity was created
• idea that the government should not interfer in people's lives

Did people still believe in miasma?

• Some but it was becoming less popular
• It was the only cause of illness
• No one believed in miasma
• What is miasma?

What was spontaneous generation?

• decay just happens
• decay caused by germs
• decay caused by miasma
• decay caused by God

Who came up with germ theory?

• Pasteur
• Koch
• Jenner
• Sydenham

According to germ theory, how could microbes be killed?

• heating them
• poking them
• letting the air get in
• soap and water

What germs did Pasteur identify

• chicken cholera
• cold
• flu
• ebola

What did Koch discover?

• individual germs
• chicken cholera
• vaccines
• miscoscope

What did Koch grow cultures in?

• petri dish
• serving dish
• pots
• garden

How could Koch identify individual germs?

• by adding dye
• as they all had different faces
• he couldn’t
• read them in Galen's book

Germ theory could develop due to which improved technology?

• microscope
• microwaves
• antiseptic
• milk