Key Individuals in Medicine AQA

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Used carbolic acid in surgery (anti-septic) 1865
Joseph Lister
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Proved germ theory by identifying Anthrax bacterium.
Robert Koch
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Discovered penicillin in 1929. Published paper.
Alexander Fleming
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Small pox vaccine using cow pox in 1796
Edward Jenner
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Linked the spread of cholera with the water from the Broad St Pump in London 1854 . Also invented the chloroform inhaler so people wouldn't overdose
John Snow
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Germ theory. Proved that germs are the cause of disease and that they don't spontaneously generate
Louis Pasteur
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Proved germ theory by identifying Anthrax bacterium.

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Alexander Fleming

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Edward Jenner

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John Snow

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