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Excelsior Exam

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Assigned a microbial cause to fermentation   Louis Pasteur  
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First to crystallize a virus   Wendell Stanley  
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Showed that mild heating of spirits kills spoilage bacteria without damage to the beverage   Louis Pasteur  
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Devised a classification system for the streptococci based on immunological system of serotypes   Rebecca Lansfield  
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Demonstrated that infections in obstetrical wards could be minimized by disinfecting the hands of physicians   Ignaz Semmelweiss  
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Participated in determining the structure of DNA   Francis Crick  
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First demonstrated that genetic information could be exchanged between bacteria by conjugation   Joshua Lederberg  
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Demonstrated that maggots appeared only in decaying meat that had been exposed to flies   Francesco Redi  
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Introduced the concept that living cells arise from other living cells   Rudolph Virchow  
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Introduced the technique of vaccination for small pox   Edward Jenner  
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First to use the microscope to observe cells   Robert Hooke  
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Made an association between silkworm disease and a fungus   Agostino Bassi  
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A surgeon who used carbolic acid to control wound infections   Joseph Lister  
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First to speculate about the possibility of a "magic bullet" that would destroy a pathogen without harming the host   Paul Ehrlich  
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Discovered PCN   Alexander Fleming  
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Using anthrax as a model, demonstrated that a specific microorganism is the cause of a specific disease   Robert Koch  
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Originated our system of scientific nomenclature   Carolus Linnaeus  
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