Key dates-Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Black Death?
A
1347-1348
2
Q
When was The Printing Press invented?
A
1455
3
Q
When did Vesalius write “The Fabric of the Body”?
A
1543
4
Q
When was the Great Plague and how many people died?
A
1665 and almost 69,000
5
Q
When did Jenner invent vaccinations to treat smallpox?
A
1796
6
Q
When were vaccinations made compulsory?
A
1852
7
Q
When did Davy invent Laughing Gas?
A
1799
8
Q
When did Simpson discover Chloroform?
A
1847
9
Q
When was the First Public Health Act
A
1848
10
Q
When did Snow prove the link between the Cholera epidemic and the water pump in Broad Street?
A
1854
11
Q
When did Pasteur discover Germ Theory?
A
1861
12
Q
When did Lister first use Carbolic Spray?
A
1867
13
Q
When did Koch discover the bacteria that causes anthrax?
A
1881
14
Q
When did Rontgen discover X-rays?
A
1895
15
Q
When were Blood groups discovered?
A
1901
