Medicine Indiviuals Flashcards
(31 cards)
Who developed pasteurisation?
Louis Pasteur
What is Edward Jenner known for?
Edward Jenner is known for his work on smallpox. This lead to him developing the first ever Vaccine.
What did Robert Koch do?
Robert Koch was able to link particular germs to particular diseases. He used a stain to identify bacteria in 1882. And in 1883 he discovered those responsible for cholera
What significant compound did Paul Ehrlich’s team discover?
In 1910 Paul Ehrlich developed Salvarsan 606 aka ‘magic bullet’ (the first effective treatment for Syphilis)
Who was the pioneer for plastic surgery
Harold Gillies made advancements in skin grafts and plastic surgery. Being known as the ‘pioneer for plastic surgery’
What did Versalius publish?
Versalius published ‘De humani corporis fabrica’ and challenged Galen’s ideas by dissecting humans. Helped surgeons at the time
What innovations did Ambroise Paré create?
Ambroise Paré made artificial limbs and created a mixture of egg yolk, turpentine, and oil of roses to dress wounds. Less painful
What did William Harvey prove about blood?
William Harvey’s book ‘motion of the heart’ challenged Galen. He proved it was impossible to have too much blood which reduced blood letting.
What was Thomas Sydenham’s approach to medicine?
Thomas Sydenham strongly believed in observing the symptoms of a patient with minimal intervention
Who was John Arderne
John Arderne was a surgeon with a 50% success with anus surgery
Who wrote “a practice for surgery” in 1350 which challenged Galen and Hippocrates with safer techniques (aka bum surgery guy)
John Arderne (anus surgery guy)
What did Major of Coventry do
In 1421 Mayor of Coventry proclaimed every man clean street in front of house or a 12 penny fine. Also banned waste/poo/toilets from rivers to allow clean water
Who was Ibn al-Nafis
Discovered how blood circulated through the heart which disproved Galen’s theory.
(In the long term this Ibn al-Nafis influenced William Harvey)
What was John Hunter nicknamed
John Hunter was nicknamed “the father of scientific surgery”
Who invented the ‘Crow’s beak clamp’ to halt bleeding
Ambroise Paré
Who died in 1823 but in the long term caused free vaccinations for all infants in 1840 which eventually became compulsory in 1853 for all.
Edward Jenner (cowpox guy)
Who lead to polio and measles being wiped out in the long term due to his research on vaccines
Edward Jenner
When Booth and Rowntree investigated London what percentage lived below the poverty line
31% lived below the poverty line
85% of poverty was due to low wages and unemployment
Who discovered blood types to match donors and transfusions
Karl Landsteiner
Who discovered the anti-coagulant that would make blood last 28 days
Karl Landsteiner
By WWII how many blood donors were used
700,000
Who’s work helped discover capillaries 60 years later
William Harvey (guy who reduced blood letting)
Who discovered penicillin because of mouldy bread
Alexander Fleming (nasty)
Who was inspired by Fleming’s work and turned their lab into a penicillin producing factory
Florey and Chain
