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    Germ Theory

    (and Louis
    Pasteur)
    In the 19th Century

     People knew there was a link between dirt and disease,


    but could not explain the link.
     People explained disease as seeds. Bad seeds in the air
    known as miasma.
     In the 1850s &1860s there was a breakthrough in the
    cause of disease….
    1. The Discovery of Micro-
    organisms
     Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek made
    one of the earliest microscopes.
     Van Leeuwenhoek discovered
    micro-organisms - which he
    called animalcules.
     His microscope was not as
    powerful as the ones we have
    today
    2. Improved Microscopes

     In the 1800s purer glass


    produced = better
    lenses for microscope.
     1830 Joseph Lister
    develops a microscope
    which could magnify
    x1000
    3. Louis Pasteur proposes his
    “Germ theory”
    By 1800 some doctors were beginning to
    speculate about germs or micro-
    organisms. This was mainly due to the
    invention of the microscope.

     Old Theory: spontaneous generation


    Many doctors believed germs were the
    result of disease and not the cause of it!

     New Theory: germ theory


    Pasteur believed micro-organisms
    caused decaying matter. Pasteur
    showed you could kill the micro-
    organisms by applying heat -
    PASTEURISATION.

    This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.


    4. Germ Theory

    Pasteur proved his theory.

    Pasteur conducted an
    experiment showing that
    microbes in the air caused
    decay.

    1861 published his ‘Germ


    Theory’
    5. Micro-
    organisms linked
    to disease

     Pasteur showed micro-


    organisms made wine
    and beer go bad.
     Pasteur also proved that
    germs cause disease. He
    showed that a micro-
    organism could cause
    disease in silk worms.
    Microorganisms from today!
    6. Specific microorganism-
    bacteria linked to human
    disease
     Pasteur never showed the
    link between bacteria and
    human disease.
     But, Robert Koch did!
     Koch took Pasteur’s work a step further.
     He linked particular germs to particular
    diseases:
    1875 -identified the germ for
    anthrax.
    1882 -discovered the germ for
    7. Robert tuberculosis. (TB)
    1883 -discovered the germ for
    Koch cholera.
     With the development of technology he
    discovered microbes that had preciously
    been invisible to the most powerful
    microscopes.
     He even developed ways of staining the
    microbes with dyes so he could calculate
    their life span and rates of reproduction.
    Microorganisms

    Figure 1.1
    Thank you

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