Important dates Flashcards
1
Q
Writing developed in Egypt
A
c3000BC
2
Q
Cult of Asclepius popular
A
c400BC
3
Q
Hippocratic Corpus
A
c420-350BC
4
Q
Birth of Galen
A
129
5
Q
Fall of Rome
A
476
6
Q
Synod of Whitby
A
663
7
Q
Life of Avicenna
A
980-1037
8
Q
Black Death
A
1348
9
Q
Printing in Europe
A
1454
10
Q
Founding of the Royal Society
A
1660
11
Q
Great Plague of London
A
1665
12
Q
Inoculation in Britain
A
1720
13
Q
First Vaccination
A
1796
14
Q
Cholera in Britain
A
1831
15
Q
Chadwick report
A
1842
16
Q
Ether and Chloroform in use
A
1846/7
17
Q
1st Public Health Act
A
1848
18
Q
Cholera linked to water pollution
A
1854 (by Snow)
19
Q
Germ Theory
A
1857 (by Pasteur)
20
Q
Public Health Act
A
1875
21
Q
Antiseptic in general use
A
1890
22
Q
First X-rays
A
1895
23
Q
Becquerel discovers radioactivity
A
1896
24
Q
Blood groups discovered
A
1900
25
Liberal reforms
1906
26
Penicillin
1928 (by Fleming)
27
World War II
1939-45
28
First kidney transplant
1951
29
Structure of DNA identified
1953
30
The Pill
Late 1950s
31
AIDS discovered
1981
