Clinical Laboratory Technology
Highlights in the History of Microbiology
Timeline
Contributions to:
Microscopy
Culture Methods
Germ Theory of Disease
Defense or Control of Microbes
Virology
Molecular Methods
Related Links
Awards
Timeline
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1677
Observed "little animals"
(Antony Leeuwenhoek)
1796
First scientific Small pox vaccination
(Edward Jenner)
1850
Advocated washing hands to stop the spread of disease
(Ignaz Semmelweis)
1861
Disproved spontaneous generation
(Louis Pasteur)
1862
Supported Germ Theory of Disease
(Louis Pasteur)
1867
Practiced antiseptic surgery
(Joseph Lister)
1876
First proof of Germ Theory of Disease with
B. anthracis
discovery
(Robert Koch)
1881
Growth of Bacteria on solid media
(Robert Koch)
1882
Outlined Kochs postulates
(Robert Koch)
1882
Developed acid-fast Stain
(Paul Ehrlich)
1884
Developed Gram Stain
(Christian Gram)
1885
First Rabies vaccination
(Louis Pasteur)
1887
Invented Petri Dish
(R.J. Petri)
1892
Discovered viruses
(Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovski)
1899
Recognized viral dependence on cells for reproduction
(Martinus Beijerinck)
1900
Proved mosquitoes carried the yellow fever agent
(Walter Reed)
1910
Discovered cure for syphilis
(Paul Ehrlich)
1928
Discovered Penicillin
(Alexander Fleming)
1977
Developed a method to sequence DNA
(W. Gilbert & F. Sanger)
1983
Polymerase Chain Reaction invented
(Kary Mullis)
1995
First microbial genomic sequence published
(
H. influenzae
)
(TIGR)
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Contributions To:
Microscopy
1677
Antony Leeuwenhoek
1882
Paul Ehrlich
1884
Christian Gram
Culture Methods
1882
Robert Koch
1887
R. J. Petri
Germ Theory of Disease
1860
Louis Pasteur
1867
Joseph Lister
1876
Robert Koch
Defense or Control of Microbes
1796
Edward Jenner
1850
Ignaz Semmelweis
1867
Joseph Lister
1885
Louis Pasteur
1900
Walter Reed
1910
Paul Ehrlich
1928
Alexander Fleming
Virology
1892
Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovski
1899
Martinus Beijerinck
Molecular Methods
1977
W. Gilbert & F. Sanger
1983
Kary Mullis
1995
TIGR
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If you want to learn more about the history of Science or the Clinical Laboratory, visit these sites:
Microbiology Timeline: Significant Events of the Last 125 Years
American society of Clinical Pathologists History
The National Women's History Project: Links
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences.
A Chronology of Significant Historical Developments in the Biological Sciences
Virology Time Machine
Aids History
History of the Microscope
DNA Timeline
Chronological History of Biological Warfare and Terrorism
Karen M. Kiser MA MT(ASCP), PBT
Emeritus Professor
Clinical Laboratory Technology/Phlebotomy
St. Louis, Mo USA
Updated January 1, 2008
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