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Medicine Flashcards

1
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What percentage of chidren, in medieval times, died before the age of seven?

A

30%

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2
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How many books did Hippocrates write?

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60

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3
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What books did Avicenna write?

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“Cannon of Medicine”

“Book of Healing”

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4
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What was the name of the theory where it was believed god made diseases?

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Doctrine of Signatures

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5
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How many hospitals did the church set up in the 12th and 13th centuries?

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160

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6
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What places of learning did the Church help to establish?

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Universities and schools of medicine

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7
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What was the disadvantage of the Church schools?

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Taught Galen and Hippocrates

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8
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What diagram was used to treat wounds caused by weapons?

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The Woundman

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9
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Which medieval town tried to clean up?

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Coventry (1421)

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10
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What happened to the wages post-BD?

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Increased

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11
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What was the death rate of BD?

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1/3

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12
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What ways did Islam improve medicine?

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Translated medical books, used clinical observation, understood hygiene, set up hospitals

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13
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What did Ibn al - Nafis discover

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He discovered how blood was circulated

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14
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How did Pare help wounds to heal?

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He used an ointment of egg yolks, oil of roses and turpentine

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15
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How many people were on the medical directory in the early 1800s?

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10,200

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16
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When and what did Nicholas Culpeper write?

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“A Complete Herbal”

1653

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17
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What was Daffy’s Elixir said to cure?

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‘convulsion fits, consumption, agues, piles, fits, children’s distempers, worms, gout, rheumatism, kidney stones, colic and griping of the bowels’

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18
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How many patients were treated in London’s hospitals by 1800?

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20,000

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19
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How many people died from smallpox in 1796 and between 1840

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1796 - 35 000

1840 - 42 000

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20
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When and how much did the Government support Jenner with?

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1802 - £10,000

1807 - £20,000

21
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When was smallpox vaccination made compulsory?

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1853

22
Q

When was the Great Plague?

A

1665

23
Q

How long was the isolation for the GP?

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40 days

24
Q

How did the great fire stop GP?

A

Destroyed poor quality houses and killed rats

25
Q

What was the population size between 1800 and 1900?

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16.3 million -> 41.6 million

26
Q

What was Paul Erlich’s major contribution to germ theory?

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Salvarsan 606

27
Q

When and what was Salvarsan 606?

A

Cured syphillis

1910

28
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When did Aspirin go on sale?

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1899

29
Q

How did mortality rates from surgery change in the 19th century?

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40-30%

30
Q

Who developed Nitrous Oxide?

A

Sir Humphrey Davy

31
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When was chloroform developed?

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1847

32
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What did Joseph Lister discover?

A

Carbolic Acid

33
Q

When and how many specalist hospitals were there in London?

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1860, 36

34
Q

What was the child death rate in Manchester?

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57% of childs below 5 died

35
Q

When and how many people died from cholera?

A

1831 - 50,000,
1848 - 60,000
1854 - 20,000

36
Q

What did Joseph Bazalgette do?

A

Built 83 miles of sewers

37
Q

When did Fleming discover penicillin?

A

1928

38
Q

Describe penicillin use during World War Two

A

250,000 Soldiers helped

39
Q

When and who developed the work of Fleming?

A

Florey and Chain in 1941

40
Q

How many men suffered from shell shock during World War One

A

80,000

41
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What % of soldiers would have died without penicillin during WWII?

A

15%

42
Q

During World War Two, how many blood doners were used?

A

700,000

43
Q

How many people died in the flu pandemic 1918-1919

A

20-40 million

44
Q

How many copies of the Beveridge Report were sold in the first month?

A

100,000

45
Q

When was the National Health Service (NHS) set up?

A

4th July 1948

46
Q

How many new towns were built and how many council homes build per year?

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10 towns and 300,000 Council Homes

47
Q

Before the NHS, how many people had never seen a doctor?

A

8 million

48
Q

How has life expectancy changed for men and women since 1948?

A

66-83 for women

64-79 for men

49
Q

When and how many new hospitals were there?

A

1720 and 14

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