Medical Breakthroughs

3. x-rays are a form of _______, like visible light
5. vaccines only work to protect against _________
7. the idea that organisms caused disease
9. medicine that kills or slows down the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
10. microscopic living things that cause disease
14. helped to show that microorganisms existed
15. a substance that is usually given by injection to people or animals to protect against disease
17. germs can live on ___________ for days

1. created a vaccine against smallpox
2. made a vaccine for rabies
4. people's hands spread almost _________ percent of germs that cause sickness
6. the first antibiotic
8. single-celled microorganisms that exist everywhere and can be useful or harmful
11. this fuzzy fungus made bacteria disappear in the lab
12. a disease that is spread through polluted water
13. a picture that shows the inside of a body
16. remember and fight off disease if it enters the body after getting a vaccine