Germ Theory (Industrial Revolution Medicine)

Who created the vaccination for Smallpox?

• Edward Jenner

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Ignaz Semmelweiss

The Smallpox vaccine was based on exposing patients to what disease?

• Smallpox

• Chicken pox

• Cow pox

• Coco Pox

The smallpox vaccination is an example of a...

• Cure

• Prevention

• Cause

Who was responsible for discovering Germ Theory?

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• John Snow

• Edwin Semmelweiss

Before Germ Theory, what was the common theory about microbes?

• Spontaneous combustion

• Spontaneous generation

• Instant generation

• Instantaneous apparition theory

How were microbes spread according to spontaneous generation theory?

• Miasma

• Person to person

• Animal to person

• God

By the middle of the 19th century, ______________had improved. It was now possible to magnify substances to a much higher level.

Germ Theory proved that the air contained ______________, which caused decay and diseases

In what year was Germ Theory discovered?

• 1860

• 1861

• 1862

• 1863

What was the first vaccine to be discovered as a result of Germ Theory?

• Cholera

• Chicken Cholera

• Cow Cholera

• Swine Cholera