Robert Koch — Questions and answers

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What was the main idea of the 'Miasma Theory' about how people got sick?

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  1. Doctors didn't know enough about diseases.
  2. Diseases came from bad air, or 'miasmas.' ✓
  3. People lived too close together in dirty places.
  4. There were no specific germs causing sickness.

Answer: Diseases came from bad air, or 'miasmas.'

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What was the name of the terrible disease that Koch started studying, which was also called the 'White Plague'?

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  1. Cholera
  2. Anthrax
  3. Tuberculosis ✓
  4. Black Death

Answer: Tuberculosis

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What did Koch's team find caused cholera?

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  1. 'Bad air' from Egypt and India
  2. A comma-shaped bacterium called Vibrio cholerae ✓
  3. Difficult conditions during the expedition
  4. Not enough sanitation measures

Answer: A comma-shaped bacterium called Vibrio cholerae

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How did Koch's work change medicine?

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  1. It made medicine mostly about observing patients.
  2. It stopped doctors from using any treatments.
  3. It turned medicine into a science of finding out exact causes. ✓
  4. It made all diseases preventable with vaccines right away.

Answer: It turned medicine into a science of finding out exact causes.

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What important award did Robert Koch win for his work in microbiology?

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  1. The Father of Bacteriology Award
  2. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ✓
  3. An award for saving countless lives
  4. The Pioneering Work in Public Health Prize

Answer: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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