Germ Theory Basics
the statement that specific microscopic organisms invade the body and are the primary cause of infectious diseases
What is Germ Theory?
This deadly condition occurs when body tissue dies due to infection or loss of blood supply.
What is gangrene
These facilities cared for wounded soldiers during the Civil War.
What are military hospitals
This anesthetic was commonly used during amputations.
What is chloroform?
This Civil War nurse became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield."
Who was Clara Barton?
Before Germ Theory, many people believed disease came from "bad air."
What is miasma theory
Many Civil War soldiers developed gangrene after suffering these.
What are battlefield wounds?
Many Civil War hospitals lacked this practice, which helped diseases spread.
What is sanitation?
This medical advancement allowed surgeons to perform operations with less pain.
What is anesthesia?
This woman later founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
Soldiers and doctors in the Civil War generally did not fully understand these tiny disease-causing organisms.
What are germs?
Doctors often performed this procedure to stop gangrene from spreading.
What is amputation
Doctors often used the same surgical instruments on multiple patients without doing this.
What is cleaning or sterilizing them?
This British surgeon used Germ Theory to develop antiseptic surgical techniques.
Who was Joseph Lister?
This scientist's work helped prove that microorganisms cause disease.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
This scientist's experiments helped prove Germ Theory after the Civil War.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
Unsanitary medical tools increased the risk of this condition.
What is gangrene
More Civil War soldiers died from this than from battlefield injuries.
What is disease?
Lister reduced surgical deaths by treating wounds and instruments with this disinfecting substance.
What is carbolic acid?
This surgeon applied Germ Theory directly to medicine through antiseptic surgery.
Who was Joseph Lister?
Because Germ Theory was not widely accepted, doctors often failed to do this to their instruments.
What is sterilize them
One type of gangrene spread rapidly through infected wounds and could be fatal.
What is hospital gangrene
Because Germ Theory was not yet accepted, doctors often believed infections were caused by poor air quality rather than this actual cause.
What are microorganisms/germs?
Explain why Joseph Lister's methods were revolutionary.
What is that they reduced infections by killing germs before surgery?
These two men are most closely associated with developing and applying Germ Theory to modern medicine.
Who were Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister?