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MICROBES AND YOUR HEALTH. MICROBIOLOGY A PICTORAL ESSAY. ROBERT HOOKE – 1665- CELLS. ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK -1673- . LEEUWENHOEK’S MICROSCOPE. GERM THEORY AND BIOGENESIS. EDWARD JENNER - 1798 - SMALL POX. THE LOOK OF SMALLPOX. SMALLPOX – WHAT’S IN A NAME?.
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MICROBES AND YOUR HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY A PICTORAL ESSAY
SMALLPOX – WHAT’S IN A NAME? • The pox part of smallpox is derived from the Latin word for “spotted” and refers to the raised bumps that appear on the face and body of an infected person.
PASTEUR’S WORK – GOLDEN AGE OF MICRO • FERMENTATION – YEAST MICROBES CONVERT SUGAR TO ALCOHOL • BACTERIA RESPONSIBLE FOR SPOILAGE CHANGE ALCOHOL INTO ACETIC ACID • PASTEURIZATION – HEAT BEVERAGE TO KILL BACTERIA – NO EFFECT ON TASTE • COULD UNSEEN MICROBES CAUSE DISEASE??????
JOSEPH LISTER – ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE - 1860 ANTISEPTIC CLEANSING OF PATIENT SKIN PRIOR TO SURGERY PHENOL HAND SCRUB FOR SURGICAL TEAM STERILANT AEROSOL SPRAYED OVER SURGICAL FIELD TREATED SURGICAL WOUNDS WITH PHENOL (CARBOLIC ACID) WEARING OF GLOVES, GOWNS BETWEEN CASES, CLEANING/DISINFECTING INSTRUMENTS
ROBERT KOCH –1876– BACILLUS ANTRHACIS • DISEASE CAUSING MICROBE OBSERVED IN ALL CASES • PATHOGEN ISOLATED AND CULTURE GROWN • PATHOGEN GROWN MUST REPRODUCE DISEASE IN SUSCEPTIBLE ANIMAL • MICROBE ISOLATED TO PROVE AS PATHOGEN OF DISEASE • PETRI DISH, AGAR, PURE CULTURE TECHNIQUE, STREAK PLATE METHOD
VIRUS – MICROBIAL VIRULENCE • The name virus, the Latin term for "poison," became standard for these pathogenic agents by the late Nineteeth Century, replacing the phrase contagiumvividiumfludium, also Latin for "contagious living fluid."
