Question

An important development or discovery in science and medicine due to industrialization was

Salk’s development of a vaccine that could prevent polio.
Pasteur’s discovery that disease is spread by bacteria.
Curie’s development of the process of pasteurization.
Jenner’s discovery of a medium for growing and identifying bacteria

Answer 1

Pasteur’s discovery that disease is spread by bacteria.

Louis Pasteur’s work on germs (germ theory) during the 19th century — tied to the scientific advances of the industrial era — showed microorganisms caused fermentation and disease, leading to antiseptic techniques, improved public health, and later vaccines.