Multiple choice

Directions: In which year given discovery/invention was made:

Germ Theory

  1. 1858

  2. 1782

  3. 1867

  4. 1882

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Explanation

The germ theory of disease, which states that microorganisms cause many diseases, was developed by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch in the late 1850s and 1860s. The year 1858 marks a key period in its formulation.