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    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek developed powerful microscopes in the 17th century, discovering one-celled protozoans and bacteria. His work led to understanding the causes of diseases like the Black Plague. Edward Jenner created the first vaccine in the late 18th century, though he faced criticism from fellow doctors. In the 19th century, physicians began using ether and chloroform as anesthetics during surgery to reduce patient pain. Sir Humphry Davy discovered nitrous oxide could relieve dental pain. James Lind's experiments on sailors showed that citrus prevented scurvy, an important discovery for the British Navy. Later scientists like Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur established the germ theory of disease and

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    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek developed powerful microscopes in the 17th century, discovering one-celled protozoans and bacteria. His work led to understanding the causes of diseases like the Black Plague. Edward Jenner created the first vaccine in the late 18th century, though he faced criticism from fellow doctors. In the 19th century, physicians began using ether and chloroform as anesthetics during surgery to reduce patient pain. Sir Humphry Davy discovered nitrous oxide could relieve dental pain. James Lind's experiments on sailors showed that citrus prevented scurvy, an important discovery for the British Navy. Later scientists like Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur established the germ theory of disease and

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    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek developed powerful microscopes in the 17th century, discovering one-celled protozoans and bacteria. His work led to understanding the causes of diseases like the Black Plague. Edward Jenner created the first vaccine in the late 18th century, though he faced criticism from fellow doctors. In the 19th century, physicians began using ether and chloroform as anesthetics during surgery to reduce patient pain. Sir Humphry Davy discovered nitrous oxide could relieve dental pain. James Lind's experiments on sailors showed that citrus prevented scurvy, an important discovery for the British Navy. Later scientists like Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur established the germ theory of disease and

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    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-

    1723)
    ● Developed the most
    powerful microscopes of
    his day.
    ● He discovered one-celled
    protozoans and bacteria.
    ● His work eventually led to
    the discovery of the causes
    of diseases, such as the
    Black Death.
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    Edward Jenner (1749-


    1823)
    ● Jenner was ridiculed and resented by
    his fellow
    doctors. He unknowingly created the 1st
    vaccine.
    ● This cartoon makes fun of Jenner’s
    inoculations.
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    The Birth of Anesthesia


    A 19th century physician administering
    chloroform prior to
    surgery. Ether was one of the earliest
    anesthetics to be used
    but it was difficult to administer as it usually
    made the
    patients choke.
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    Sir Humphry Davy (1778-


    1829)
    ● Humphry Davy discovered
    laughing gas (nitrous
    oxide) which has made
    going to the dentist much
    less painful.
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    James Lind (1716-1794)


    ● In James Lind’s experiment,
    those that ate citrus fruit
    stayed healthier.
    ● Captain Cook took Lind’s
    advice and his crew stayed
    health for a four-year journey.
    ● The British Navy finally
    ordered sailors to drink lime
    juice.
    ● Lind had found the cure for
    scurvy—vitamin C.
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    Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec and the
    stethoscope
    1821
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    Ignaz Phillipp
    Semmelweiss
    ● Discovered that the doctors were spreading
    childbed fever.
    More women were dying under the care of
    doctors than
    midwives.
    ● He proved that doctors were carrying the
    disease from
    corpses to their patients.
    ● He proved that cleanliness could prevent
    childbed fever.
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    Joseph Lister (1827-1912) and
    Infection
    ● Discovered that carbolic acid
    prevented infection on compound
    infections.
    ● By insisting that everything be
    kept clean and disinfected, he
    lowered the death rate in his
    surgeries.
    ● He discovered it was not the
    presence of acid but the absence
    of germs that mattered in surgery.
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    Louis Pasteur(1822-1895)
    ● Louis Pasteur argued
    that diseases were
    caused by germs and
    so effectively
    established
    bacteriology as a
    science.

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