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bacterial revolution, Lecture notes of History

The "bacterial revolution" refers to the emergence of a new understanding of the importance of bacteria in the natural world and in human health

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Bacteriological Revolution GermTheory7
19thcentury RobusthealthSystem
7focused on filth andsanitation theywere linked
questions on etiology ofdisease atMj where does it come
from
Ignaz Semmelweis
1846 assistant inVienna's Lying in Hospital
slightobsession withpuerperalfever childbedfever I3women
noticed that when medstudents washedhands cases decreased
paraphrased quote something in dyingammalmatterthat is somehow
delivering the fever to womengiving birth
theoriesweren'tprovenas there was no con
createproofto support
importantdevelopment Ante
sepsis
JosephLister
doctor in Edinburgh
bigproponentof disinfection 7definitionfor agood
surgeon
surgerypre Lister painful swift necessity high rate of
deathy
usingPastor'sdiscovery thatthere were airborne particlescausing
wound infection insurgery reasoned as
thethoughtprocesstofight offdiseases were to the tissuediedH
battle odors 1diffusesymptoms gave off toxins
that causedinfection
ventalationIfumigationonships
ofInfeasathoten wasright no spontaneousgeneration infection normal
kinda like
Remedy preventpenetration Antisepsis oxidation
Lister
accepted thatpasture wascorrect infection4Chem reaction7
infectionwasthe resultofcontamination microorganisms
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Bacteriological

Revolution

Germ

Theory

19th

century

Robust

health

System

7

focused on

filth

and

sanitation

they

were

linked

questions

on

etiology

of

disease at

Mj

where

does

it comefrom

Ignaz

Semmelweis

1846 assistant

inVienna's

Lying

in

Hospital

slight

obsession

with

puerperal

fever

childbed

fever

I 3

women

noticed

that

when med

students

washed

hands

cases

decreased

paraphrased

quote

something

in

dying

ammalmatter that is

somehow

delivering

the

fever

to women

giving

birth

theoriesweren't

proven

as

there

was

no con

create

proof

to

support

important

development Ante

sepsis

JosephLister

doctor

in

Edinburgh

big

proponentof disinfection

definitionfor a

good

surgeon

surgery pre

Lister

painful

swift necessity

high

rate

of

deathy

using

Pastor's

discovery

thatthere

were

airborne

particles

causing

wound infection

in

surgery

reasoned as

the

thought

process

to

fight

off

diseases

were to

the

tissuedied

H

battle

odors

diffuse

symptoms

gave

off toxins

that

caused

infection

ventalation

I

fumigation

on

ships

of

Infeasathoten

was

right

no spontaneous

generation

infection

normal

kinda

like

Remedy

prevent

penetration

Antisepsis oxidation

Lister

accepted

that

pasture was

correct infection 4 Chem

reaction

infection

was

the

result

of

contamination

microorganisms

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Ahlesepsis

9

t

applied

carbolic

acidto

the

wound

he

washed

his

hands

in carbolic

acid

solution

along

w

sterile equeiment

Opposition

existed no real

proof

toexplain

It buthesaid

justdo

it

humoral

in a

way

questions

arose

violated

common sense

Listerdid

not

promote

cleanliness its more harmful red

herring

Physicians kind

of

did

both

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pp

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r aesthetic

with

revolts

Lister

need

proof but

only

his

contemporaries

improved

on

his

Ideas

Bacteriological

Revolution

was all about disease

having

a

single

microbial

cause

necessary

and sufficient

tools Pastuer

French

Chemist

1860

develops

pastulhtation

of

milk

beer

and

wine

1878

anthrax occurs Anthraxvaccine 1881

Rabies

vaccine

sanitation hasaneffect

Pasteur found

one

byfinding

that the

disease

causing agents

and

microorganisms

are

linked

Robert

Koch

German physician and

labscientist

kind

Of

gold

standard

had

to

beproven

Koch's

postulates

important

scientific

method

newimportance

isolates

Tb

largest

killer multiple

theoriesbeforehand

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Cholera

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provided

a standard

blueprint

i

isolation

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hug

the

laid

on the

Mdw

dual

and

community

poor

non

White

immigrants

were

more

likely

to

contract

diseases

like tb unlike

the Rich

progressive

Ideas

didexist

segregated

spaces were

blamed

much

more racism

was

very

passive

agressive

Takeaways

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A

revolution in etiology

presance

of

microbes

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reductionist approach

6

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of

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