No more than you are.
To answer your question. People's knowledge of bacteria aka germs was virtually nil before Hyppocrates came around.
Hyppocrates is known as the father of medicine. He discovered that people became sick when they remained unclean. He knew that uncleanliness lead you do become ill, and that very small entities were responsible for illness. Hence, the "discovery" of bacteria.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/hippoc.html Plenty of sources on this one.
To answer your question. People's knowledge of bacteria aka germs was virtually nil before Hyppocrates came around.
Hyppocrates is known as the father of medicine. He discovered that people became sick when they remained unclean. He knew that uncleanliness lead you do become ill, and that very small entities were responsible for illness. Hence, the "discovery" of bacteria.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/hippoc.html Plenty of sources on this one.
