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__________ proposed germ theory of disease.

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Louis Pasteur proposed the germ theory of disease. He was the first who proposed that diseases were caused by microscopic organisms. He is also called the "Father of bacteriology". The germ theory of disease states that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms, organisms too small to be seen except through a microscope.


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