Who developed the culture plate method to?
Chapter 1 Historical Figures
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Robert Koch | Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens in 1882 |
| Marie Curie | Isolated radium in 1910 |
| Florence Nightingale | Established efficient and sanitary nursing units during the Crimean war |
| William Harvey | Described the circulation of the blood to and from the heart in 1628 |
Who established the patterns of heredity *?
History of Health
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Gregor Mendel | Established the patterns of heredity |
| William Roentgen | Discovered X-Rays in 1895 |
| Louis Pasteur | Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria |
| Florence Nightingale | Founder of modern nursing |
What was the main method used to treat illness and disease in the Dark Ages?
In the Dark Ages (400 – 800 AD) science and medicine was prohibited. Treatment of illness was prayer and divine intervention. Herbal remedies were provided by monks.
What culture was the first to keep accurate health records?
The Romans were the first people to record health records. The ancient Greeks used therapies such as massage, act therapy, and herbal treatment.
When were agar plates made?
polysaccharide derived from the cell walls of red seaweed. A variety of nutrients can be added to the agar to preferentially grow different bacteria. Since its invention in the 1880s, the agar plate has transformed microbiology and is still in use in every lab in the country.
What are the uses of culture plates?
A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured, originally, cells of bacteria, fungi and small mosses.
Who is famous for discovering heredity?
Gregor Mendel
Through his careful breeding of garden peas, Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity and laid the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics.
Who established the patterns of heredity and in what year?
Around 1800 the notion of heredity enters debates among physicians, animal breeders, and naturalists, and becomes a fundamental concept of biology. The Austrian monk Gregor Mendel describes patterns of inheritance in peas in the mid-1800s, but his theories are ignored, to be rediscovered only in 1901.
Which discoveries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries led to safer surgeries?
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, nitrous oxide (for dental care), ether, and chloroform were discovered which led to safer surgeries.
What was the main method of treatment in the Dark Ages?
Most people in Medieval times never saw a doctor. They were treated by the local wise-woman who was skilled in the use of herbs, or by the priest, or the barber, who pulled out teeth, set broken bones and performed other operations.
Who were the earliest people known to maintain accurate health records *?
35 Cards in this Set
| Isolated radium in 1910 | Marie Curie |
|---|---|
| Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records | Egyptians |
| Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria | Louis Pasteur |
| Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion | Chinese |
| Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens | Robert Koch |
