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Explain two ways in which John Hunter and Robert Koch are similar. -…
Explain two ways in which John Hunter and Robert Koch are similar.
John Hunter
Facts
Became an army surgeon in 1760
Leaves in 63 to set up surgical practice in london
in 68 becomes a surgeon at st george's hospital
gets appointed surgeon to king george 3 in 1776
appointed surgeon general to the army in 1790
Published "The natural history of the teeth" in 1771
Published "on venereal disease" 1786
Contributions to medical progress
Huge collection of specimens (about 3000)
Made discoveries about infection, cancer and blood circulation
Writings widely read as they showed the anatomical knowledge that every surgeon needed.
Robert Koch
Facts
Worked as surgeon in Franco-Prussian war
Studied bacteria thoroughly and increased the interest into bacteriology
Nobel Prize in 1905
First to apply Pasteur's germ theory
Contributions to medical progress
Identified specific bacteria that caused anthrax, cholera and tuberculosis
Perfected the methods to allow scientists to hunt specific disease-causing microbes
This leads to Fleming + penicillin
Ideas for answer
Both war surgeons
Both inspired a revolution in surgical knowledge
Both very eager on experimentation