hstr101C - people

Alexander Yersin (1863-1943)

understandinig black death (yersinia pestis? DOUBLE CHECK)

Al-Razi (864-935)

looked at smallopx through a humoral lens. drained pustules, induced vomiting/sweating

Ambroise Pare (1510-1590)

observed measels vs smallpox.

edward jenner

invents vaccination in the context of smallpox. noticed milkmaids had no inoculation symptoms cause they had cowpox exposure already

Benjamin Rush (1745-1813)

(yellow fever) founding father of USA. theorized that YF was a result of miasmas. advocated for bloodletting.

Stubbins Firth (1784-1820)

(YF) medical student, experimented on himself. opposed contagionism for YF

Walter Reed (ca. 1900)

YF Commision, rejected germ theory. hypothesized mosquitos’ role.

Leonard Rogers (1868-1962)

cholera bed, gradual drip of water into veins.

William Farr (1807-1838)

(cholera) London apothecary/physician. blended humoralism and contaigionism theory. blamed miasmas

John Snow (1813-1858)

(cholera) broad street pump. gastrointestinal symptoms made him consider ingested pathogens.

Filippo Pocini (1812-1883)

theory that cholera = microbe called vibrio

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

(cholera) cooking food to destory microbes (pasteurization)

Robert Koch (1843-1910)

(cholera) first to prove specific microbes caused specific diseases. linked anthrax (disease from bacterial spore in bloodstream) to bacterial spores in soil.