Vocabulary and Concepts: Pasteur and 19th Century Medicine
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A worksheet to develop understanding of key vocabulary and concepts related to Louis Pasteur's contributions to medicine in the 19th century.
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Vocabulary and Concepts: Pasteur and 19th Century Medicine
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Vocabulary and Concepts
Pasteur: Louis Pasteur was a French scientist whose experiments proved that germs cause disease, leading to major advances in medicine and public health.
Germ theory: The idea that tiny microorganisms (germs) are the cause of many diseases, which challenged previous beliefs that diseases were caused by miasma or 'bad air'.
Vaccination: A method developed by Pasteur to protect people from diseases by introducing a weakened or dead form of the germ.
Fermentation: A process studied by Pasteur that involves microorganisms turning sugars into alcohol or acids, which helped him understand microbes better.
Pasteurization: A process named after Pasteur, used to kill bacteria in liquids like milk and wine to prevent disease.
Miasma theory: The belief that diseases were caused by 'bad air' from decaying matter, widely accepted before Pasteur's discoveries.
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