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In 1665, Robert Hooke reported that living things were composed of little boxes or cells
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Conditions; three jars covered with fine net which result in the no maggots
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Antonin van Leeuwenhoek described live microorganisms that he observed in teeth scrapings, rain water, and peppercorn infusions.
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Conditions; Nutrient broth heated, then placed in sealed flash which results microbial growth
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Edward Jenner inoculated a person with cowpox virus. The person was then protected from smallpox.
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Agostino Bassi showed that a silkworm disease was caused by a fungus.
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Ignaz Semmelwise advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever from one OB patient to another.
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Beginning with Pasteur’s work, discoveries included the relationship between microbes and disease, immunity, and antimicrobial drugs
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Rudolf Virchow said cells arise from preexisting cells
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Pasteur believed that another silkworm disease was caused by a protozoan
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Robert Koch proved that a bacterium causes anthrax and provided the experimental steps, Koch’s postulates, to prove that a specific microbe causes a specific disease.
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Joseph Lister used a chemical disinfectant to prevent surgical wound infections after looking at Pasteur’s work showing microbes are in the air, can spoil food, and cause animal diseases
