but he was a doctor with detailed knowlage on the human body something that pasuer lacked as a scientist
skilled in his work in experiments and had a natural talent for natural science
Diffecult to work with
1878 Koch identified a germ that caused blood poinsoning and he developed techniques for conducting experiments that influenced other scientists but he could not see these germs under a microscope so no one belived him because he couldnt provide evidence
After this Koch discovered a methyl violet dye which allowed him to see the germs under a microscope by staining them
Also devised a method for proving that germs caused an infection
In 1880 he was awarded the post at the imperial health office in berlin for his works
In the IHO he perfected his method for growing live germ cultures
1881 Koch starts work on treatments for TB
The TB germ was hader to find because it was much smaller than the anthrax germ. In may 1882 he and his team announced that he had found the germ.
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Medicine in the 1800's - (Pasteur)
Convinced that microbes caused disease in humans but his work on cholera failed and he was never able to link one microbe with a disease
A french scientist who discovered the fist vaccine (For Rabbies)
More famous for his aseptic tecnique and his work on pateurisation
Aseptic technique is a process which is most commonly used by scientists and doctors to stop contamination by microorganisms. An example of aseptic technique is sterilisation using alcohol or flames.
He proved that microorganisms turned liquids sour.
He proved that microorganisms couldn’t grow if the liquids were boiled (this is pasteurisation).
He proved that microorganisms did not generate out of thin air but transferred from one medium to another (Otherwise known as spontanious Generation).
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