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19th Century Medicine

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The work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch in the 19th century led to several key breakthroughs in medicine. These included knowledge of the causes of disease, vaccines, anaesthetics and antiseptics. This video is about medicine through time.

To learn more about how medicine developed through the 19th century, go to Bitesize History.