Chapter 17 people apes
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Louis Pasteur
His medical discoveries provided direct support for the germ theory of disease. He is best known to the general public for his invention of the technique if treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination. PASTURIZATION
Ignatz Semmelweis
Known as an early pioneer of antiseptic producers and started the sterilization of medical equipment after 1847
Robert Koch
Devised a series of four generalized principles linking specific microorganisms to specific diseases that remain today, called the "germ theory"
Jonas Salk
Discovered first polio vaccine
Alexander Flemming
Discovered penicillin
Edward Jenner
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, the worlds first vaccine in 1840 (map)
