Advancement Flashcards
(22 cards)
what three men in the early modern showed progress but was not excepted
Andreas Vesalius, Ambrois Pare and William Harvey
what book did vesalius write
fabric of the human body 1545
What did Vesalius do
his specialism was the anatomy and he studied skeletons and dissecting bodies to make his paintings more realistic - doctors refused his work
how did Vesalius prove Galen wrong
vesalius found out that the jawbone was one whereas galen thought it was 2. vesalius believed that galen was wrong because he relied on the dissection on animals
who was Ambrois Pare and what did he do
he was apprenticed to his brother who was a barber surgeon . his specialism was surgery in 1556 he became an army surgeon
he also treated wounds with ointment of egg yolks and used silk threads to stop bleeding ( if it was dirty it could cause infection )
he also designed prosthetic limbs for wounded soldiers
when and what was the book called that Ambroise Pare
works on surgery 1575
what did William Harvey do
he studied at Cambridge and Padua and was a physician to Charles II In the 1660s
what did William Harvey discover
he dissected on animals and humans and discovered that the heart pumps blood in one direction around the body which contributed to Llandsteiners blood groups and Barnards heart surgery
why was there limited impact on Harvey’s discovery
as doctors refused it
when did Harvey publish his work and what did he name it
1628 ‘most famous motion of the heart’ this changed medicine forever and challenged Galen
who was J.W Power
he was a medical offier of health for Ebbw Vale campaign
what did J.W Power do
he set up courses in kings college in London in 1886 and in 1898 a public health laboratory was established in Cardiff which then furthered the study of bacteriology which was funded by Glamorgan county to improve public health of south east wales
who was Paul Ehrlich
a german physician and scientist who was a student of Koch. he was also influenced by the work of Pasteur, kock and Jenner
what did Ehrlich do in 1909
he found the cure for syphilis known as the magic bullet (salvarson 606)
what did the magic bullet do
it targeted a specific germ without effecting the rest of the body. the only limitation is that it was only for syphilis
name an example of a bonesetter of wales
Owen Thomas who was the ‘father of modern orthopaedics
when did Martin Evans from cardiff uni win a nobel prize for medicine
2007
what did Martin Evans do
he researched work on stem cells and showed how cells that form all the tissues in a mouses body (embryonic stem cells) could be removed and grown seperately in the laboratory
when was DNA first proposed and discovered and by who
1953 Crick and Watson
how many diseases link to genetics
since 1953 over 4000
when did robert Koch get a nobel prize
1905
when did pasteur find a vaccine against rabies
1880
