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History of Microbiology Jennifer Phan 4th

  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Aristotle proposed that life arose from nonliving material if the material contained pneuma. As evidence, he noted several instances of the appearance of animals from environments previously devoid of such animals
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhook

    Antonie Van Leeuwenhook
    He discovered the "protozoa" a single celled organism and called them "animalcules." He also improved the microscope and laid the foundation for microbiology.
  • Carolus Linnaeus

    Carolus Linnaeus
    He created the classification system. They are divided into family, genus, and species
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    He invented the vacinnation for smallpox. He inserted the vaccine into the arm of a local boy and exposed him to smallpox. He was immune.
  • John Snow

    John Snow
    He is known as the father of modern epidemiology because of his efforts to determine how cholera spreads. He also for the statistical mapping methods he initiated.
  • Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale
    She was a British nurse, statistician, and social reformer who was the foundational philosopher of modern nursing. She also established the first scientifically based nursing school.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur
    He disproved the spontaneous generation and proved the Theory of Biogenesis. It is the idea that living things can only arise from other living things.
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister
    He came up with new principles of cleanliness for surgery. He introduced aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings and prevent wound infections.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch
    He established Koch's postulate - a sequence of experimental steps that verified the germ theory. He also developed pure culture methods.
  • Hans Ernst August Buchner

    Hans Ernst August Buchner
    He discovered a natural occurring substance in the blood - known as complement - that is capable of destroying bacteria. He also devised methods of studying anaerobic bacteria.