Chapter 3: accelerating innovation (1875-1905)

Who is Robert Koch

Built onto Pasteurs discoveries, identifying specific microbes (anthrax and TB) and promoting bacteriology

What is aseptic?

Aseptic techniques use sterilised tools and rubber gloves and clean clothes & operating theatres without spectators

Antiseptic vs aseptic

Antiseptics tried to kill microbes on patients wounds, aseptic surgery tried to stop microbes from entering the wound in the first place

1875 public health act:

Sewer construction, better housing, food safety, and reduced disease in towns

Q13: What was the first 'magic bullet'?

Salvarsan 606 (1909), a targeted treatment for syphilis developed by Ehrlich.

14: What were the effects of the 1875 Public Health Act by 1900?

Cleaner towns, reduced disease, improved life expectancy.