ENT 207 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Correlation Does Not Imply Causation, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Ignaz Semmelweis
6 Feb 2020
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Study guide: ent 201 001 exam i, 2020. John snow: father of epidemiology; discovered cause of cholera. Prevalence: incidence over a long period of time. Incidence: frequency of disease at a single point in time. Antonie van leeuwenhoek: scientist who developed microscopes and described bacteria under them. Ignaz semmelweis: doctor who decreased puerperal fever by realizing that the med students with dirty, unsanitized hands were causing disease after performing pelvic exams on pregnant women. Carlos finlay: cuban doctor who suggested that mosquitos caused yellow fever and malaria. William harvey: physician who described the circulation of blood. Carolus linneaus: created taxonomy; organizing species into a phylogenetic tree. Paul ewald: biologist who used evolutionary theory to understand infectious diseases. Robert koch: made a way to prove disease: koch"s 4 postulates. Agostini bassi: first to demonstrate pathogen transmission (in silkworms) Alfred russel wallace: along with darwin, formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection.
