Proving the germ theory of disease was the crowning achievement of the French scientist Louis Pasteur. He was notthe first to propose that diseases were caused by microscopic organisms, but the view was controversial in the 19th century, and opposed the accepted theory of “spontaneous generation”. --------------------------------------- Hippocrates
Useful known and unknown views of the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates and his teacher Democritus. Hippocrates is considered to be the father of modern medicine because in his books, which are more than 70. He described in a scientific manner, many diseases and their treatment after detailed observation.
