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1
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Who had discovered the benefits of vaccination in the 18th century?

A

Edward Jenner

2
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What did people believe about disease before Pasteur?

A

Spontaneous generation and miasma

3
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What was the name and date of Pasteur’s discovery in the beer factory?

A

Germ theory - 1861

4
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What discovery made the identification of germs in unsterilized water possible?

A

Pasteurization

5
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What did Pasteur’s work add to Jenners?

A

connected germs to disease

6
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Name two diseases Pasteur developed vaccines for

A

Chicken cholera

Anthrax

7
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Where was Koch from?

A

Germany

8
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What vaccinations did Koch create?

A

Tuberculosis

9
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What did Koch do to the germs to make the easier to see through a microscope?

A

staining

10
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How did Koch use photographic technology to his advantage?

A

….

11
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What was the Magic Bullet?

A

12
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WHat was the name and number of the first magic bullet?

A

Salvarson 606

13
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What disease did salvarson 606 attack?

A

Syphilis

14
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Who developed the second magic bullet?

A

Gerhardt Domaghe

15
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What was the name of the second magic bullet?

A

Prontosil

16
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Where did Fleming discover Penicillin?

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St. Marys Hospital in London

17
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Where did the mould on the petri dish come from?

A

From the beer factory up the hill

18
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How did Fleming help with the development of penicillin as a useful drug?

A

He discovered that it was an anti biotic and wrote a paper about it

19
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Where did Florey and Chain develop the drug further?

A

Oxford University

20
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Who helped them mass produce the drug but never won the Nobel Prize?

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Norman Heatley

21
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Which event helped the development of penicillin?

A

WWI

22
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Which country funded the development of penicillin?

A

USA

23
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How many soldiers were potentially saved by penicillin?

A

250 000

24
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When was compulsory vaccination for smallpox introduced?

A

1852 in Britain