B6 Scientists and the treatment of disease 1.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? BiologyGCSEAll boards Created by: steph ashbyCreated on: 06-06-11 08:53 Pasteur and the germ theory of disease He completed: shown that microorganisms turned wine into vinegar, by heating the wine you could kill the microorganisms that caused this, he showed that if microorganisms were passed for one organism (in silkworms) to another then so was the disease. 1 of 2 Lister and the development of antiseptics and Flem Lister- introduced carbolic acid disinfectant during operations to prevent infection, chemicals were also used to kill microorganisms on instruments and skin. Fleming- Noticed that a mould (penicillium) killed another bacteria Later Floey and Chain succeeded in extracting the antibiotic penicillin from the mould 2 of 2
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