medicine through time- enlightenment Flashcards

1
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causes of illness in the enlightenment

A

spontaneous generation

germ theory

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2
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Louis Pasteur

A

germ theory
1861
used in the future

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3
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Robert Koch

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developed pastors work (germ theory)

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4
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problems with surgery

A

pain
blood loss
infection

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5
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James Simpson

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discovered chloroform as anaesthetic
1847
solved pain

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6
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Joseph Lister

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carbolic acid kills germs
antiseptic
from 1890

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7
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incoculation

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deliberate infection of a disease to create immune response

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8
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vaccination

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injection into body of organisms that make someone immune

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9
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Edward Jenner

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people who caught cowpox could not catch smallpox

1796

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10
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John Snow

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proved that cholera was caused by dirty water

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11
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public health actS

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1st=1848=encouraged clean water supply

2nd=1875=compulsory to provide clean water, sewage and disease

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12
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Edwin Chadwick

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belief that poor living conditions affected life expectancy

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13
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when was the enlightenment period?

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1700-1900

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