Across
- 1. Process developed by Louis Pasteur to kill disease-carrying microbes in milk.
- 6. Chemicals used to prevent infection in wounds, introduced by Joseph Lister and widely adopted after Nightingale’s influence.
- 10. The number of people in a specific area.
- 12. Relating to cleanliness, especially in hospitals, a key focus for Florence Nightingale in her reforms.
- 14. To make instruments free from bacteria or other germs, a practice promoted by Florence Nightingale and Joseph Lister.
- 15. Tiny organisms that can cause disease.
- 16. A deadly disease that Louis Pasteur developed a vaccine for.
Down
- 2. A deadly respiratory disease identified by Robert Koch, causing millions of deaths in the 1800s.
- 3. A type of microbe that can cause disease, such as tuberculosis, identified by Robert Koch.
- 4. Practices like bathing and washing hands to maintain health, promoted by Florence Nightingale in hospitals.
- 5. A substance used to relieve pain during surgery, helping doctors perform more complex operations.
- 7. A German doctor who identified the bacterium that caused tuberculosis and contributed to germ theory.
- 8. The result of harmful microbes entering the body, which Robert Koch studied in relation to tuberculosis.
- 9. Substances developed to prevent diseases, like the rabies vaccine created by Louis Pasteur.
- 11. A disease transmitted by mosquitoes, traced to microbes in the 1910s.
- 13. The theory that certain microbes cause specific diseases, supported by Louis Pasteur and others.