Pasteur

Who was Louis Pasteur?

A french chemist who discovered germ theory

What did Pasteur investigate?

Why wine was going off, using a microscope to see that there was bacteria in the wine

What wine experiment did Pasteur perform?

He heated the wine to kill all bacteria, then placed a sample in glass bottles, one of which he left exposed to the air while the other he sealed - the one which was exposed went off with bacteria inside, while the other was bacteria-free. This suggested that bacteria was found in the air

What did Pasteur discover about chicken cholera?

You could immunise a chicken from chicken cholera by injecting it with a small dose of cholera to prevent it from future attacks

What did the chicken cholera vaccine lead to?

An effective rabies vaccination in 1880

What did Pasteur invent?

Pasteurisation

What is Pasteurisation?

When you preserve liquids (such as milk) to stop them from spoiling by heating them up