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When was the Great Plague?

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1665

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When was the black death?

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1348

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When was Hippocrates alive?

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Around 400bc

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3
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When was Galen alive?

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Around 150bc

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4
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When did the Renaissance begin?

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The 1400s

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5
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When was Andreas Vesalius alive?

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1514-1564

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When was Ambroise Paré alive?

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1510-1590

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7
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When was William Harvey alive?

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1578-1657

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When did King Charles 2 die?

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1685

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When did it become unacceptable for a man to be present at the birth of a child?

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During the middle ages

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When did men begin to take over medical care of pregnant women?

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In the late 1600s

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11
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When was smallpox one of the biggest killers?

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Before 1800

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12
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When did Edward Jenner carry out his cowpox experiment on James Phillips?

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1796

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13
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When was Pasteur asked to help out an alcohol company and when did he publish his germ theory?

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1857 and 1861

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14
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When Robert Koch did receive a telescope from his wife?

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1871

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15
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When was the first cholera outbreak?

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1831

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When were the cholera outbreaks that caused the government to get Chadwick to do his report?

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1837, 1838

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When did Chadwick begin his report and when did he publish it?

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1839 and 1842

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18
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When was the first public health act?

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1848

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When was the cholera outbreak that led to John Snow’s discoveries?

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1854

20
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When was the ‘Great Stink’?

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1858 - Bazalgette began work on the sewers

21
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When did Bazalgette finish the sewers?

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1866

22
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When was the compulsory smallpox vaccination?

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1853

23
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When was the sanitary act and what was it?

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1866- towns must install a proper water supply and sewage disposal. Inspectors will check if this has been done.

24
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When was the housing act and what was it?

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1875- councils have the power to pull down the worst housing in the area and build better homes

25
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When was the second public health act and what was it?

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1875- local councils must keep the pavements lit, paved and cleaned. Sewers must be clean and rubbish cleared from the streets. They may increase taxes to pay for this.

26
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Food and drugs act

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1875

27
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Who discovered ether and when?

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1846- An American dentist called William Moston. However, it irritated the eyes and made patients cough and vomit during operations.

28
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When was chloroform discovered and who by?

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1847- James Simpson

29
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When did Queen Elizabeth use chloroform to deliver her 8th baby?

A

1857

30
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When was carbolic acid first used and who by?

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1867- Joseph Lister

31
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When was the first heart operation?

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1896

32
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When was the general medical act and what was it?

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1858- all qualified doctors, surgeons and apothecaries must be on the general medical register.

33
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When did doctors and surgeons begin to take examinations for their certificates?

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1815

34
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When did Elizabeth Blackwell qualify as a doctor in the USA?

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1849

35
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When did Elizabeth Garret meet Blackwell?

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1859

36
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When did the Crimean war begin?

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1854- florence nightingale knew the man who was in charge of the army so asked her to take control of nursing the troops.

37
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When did Florence Nightingale publish “notes on nursing”?

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1963

38
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When did a government committee release a report that concluded men could not join the army because they had had such unhealthy childhoods?

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1904- people were beginning to feel that one of the key responsibilities of the government was to look after the people who couldn’t look after themselves.

39
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When was the School meals act and what was it?

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1906- this meant that poor children got free school meals

40
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When did the government tell all councils that they should have school medical service?

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1907

41
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When was the children and young person’s act and what was it?

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1908- parents were breaking the law if they neglected their children

42
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When was the NHS introduced?

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After the first world war when the labour party was voted in after promising to follow Beveridge’s report.

43
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When did fleming discover penicillin?

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1928

44
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When did penicillin become available for doctors to use on their patients?

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After the second world war.

45
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When did William Beveridge write his report?

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Towards the end of the second world war. It outlined some of the problems Britain would face after the end of world war 2.

46
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When did Garret pass the apothecaries exam?

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1865

47
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When did Garret become a doctor?

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1869

48
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When was a law passed that meant women were allowed to study medicine?

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1876

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