Prevention - Renaissance vs Industrial Flashcards
What is regimin sanitatis?
The practice of staying clean and healthy to avoid illness.
How did people ward off miasma in the renaissance?
Sweet herbs
How did people prevent disease in the renaissance period?
Cleaning of the sewers and streets
Doing things in ‘moderation’
Less bathing due to syphilis.
Was prevention of disease in the renaissance progress?
Partial progress.
Large amount of continuity
Who is Edward Jenner?
The creator of the first vaccine.
How did Jenner come to the making of a vaccine?
He realised that people who had cowpox, couldn’t get small pox and experimented to make sure it was true.
He published his findings in 1798
What was the impact of the small pox vaccine in the industrial period?
- 100,000 people vaccined by 1800
- Government enforcement of vaccines
What and when was the public health act?
In 1848, councils improved water/sewage.
1. Clean water to prevent disease
2. Public toilets
