Key Individuals Flashcards
(19 cards)
Ibn Sina
Wrote the Canon of Medicine. 760 medical drugs. Standard European textbook until 1600s
Vesalius- ABCDE
Founder of modern anatomy. Wrote the Fabrica. Took a while for his ideas to come around.
Paré-LLL
50 false body parts. Used lotion instead of cauterisation to treat bullet wounds. Silk thread ligatures.
Harvey
Observed that the heart pumped around the body. The body was a one way system.
Hunter
Trained 100s of surgeons. Inspired Edward Jenner. Wrote books.
Jenner
Smallpox guy. Published his findings. Smallpox now eradicated.
Pasteur
Germ theory 1861
Pasteurisation
Inspired Koch and Lister
1880s was when germ theory was listened to
Koch
Found bacteria and created stains.
Used this to make vaccines like anthrax.
Ehrilich
Magic bullet guy
Simpson
Chloroform
Black period of death
Lister
Carbolic acid
Death from 45%-15%
Many didnt like using it
Snow
Cholera outbreak 1854- found it was linked to dirty pump on Broad Street
Only became viable as a reason AFTER germ theory.
Bazalgette
Sewer system in London 1866.
Removed waste from the streets, so no more cholera.
Chadwick
Wrote a report to fix public health
Led to 1848 public health act (not compulsory)
Fleming Florey and Chain
Penicillin
Mass produced in WW2 America and saved 200 million lives.
Gilles
Queen’s hospital
11,000 operations (plastic surgery)
Curie
X rays and radiotherapy
Lloyd George
Social welfare reforms-
Free school melas
National insurance 1922 (women and children excluded)
1919 housing act
Bevan
After WW2 he set up the NHS (1948)
Life expectancy has risen from 66-83.
