Industrial Period 1700-1900 Flashcards
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What were the 5 killer diseases in this time period
Cholera, TB, Diphtheria, Smallpox, Typhoid
What is cholera
- Spread through bacteria in food and water from sewage
- Symptoms are severe sickness, diarrhoea
- Sufferer dies of starvation within 24 hours
- 2/3 people died
What is Tuberculosis (TB)
- Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
- Symptoms are severe coughing, chest/weight pain
- 1/2 people died
What is Diphtheria
- Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
- Symptoms are bleeding, paralysis, suffocation
- 1/10 people died
What is Smallpox
- Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
- Symptoms are rash with blisters, infection
- 1/10 people died
What is Typhoid
- Spread through bacteria in food and water from sewage
- symptoms are headache, fever, constipation
- 1/3 people died
When was Edward Jenner born
1749
who was Edward Jenner
invented the first vaccine
what disease did Edward Jenner’s vaccine prevent
Smallpox
How did milkmaids influence Edward Jenner’s vaccine
he was fascinated how milkmaids never received smallpox but instead received cowpox
what is inoculation
inoculation gives the child a mild version of the disease which they could still die from
why was getting an inoculation rare for a child
only rich people could afford it
What hospital did Edward Jenner work in before working as a GP
St George’s Hospital
Where did Edward Jenner work as a GP
Gloucestershire
What year did Edward Jenner test his theory
1796
What was the boy called that Edward Jenner tested his theory on
James Phipps
What was the theory that Edward Jenner came up with
by giving somebody cowpox, they wouldn’t be able to receive smallpox
what was cowpox
a similar but less deadly disease to contagious diseases such as smallpox
what was the name of the cow that Edward Jenner used to give James Phipps cowpox
blossom
Why could nobody use Edward Jenner’s vaccine to create more vaccines
because there was no scientific evidence and the correlation between cowpox and smallpox was seen as unique
Why did people oppose Jenner’s discovery
- it was seen as dangerous and giving a person an animal disease (cowpox) was wrong
- people thought they’d become cows
- doctors lost money as inoculations costed money but vaccines became free
what happened to Edward Jenner in 1798
the Royal Society refused to publish his ideas so he wrote them in his own book
what was the name of Edward Jenner’s book
An enquiry into the causes and effects of the Variola Vaccinae
How many people had been vaccinated worldwide by 1800
100,000 people