Medicine - Industrial Flashcards
When did Jenner create the first vaccine
1798
Why was there opposition to Jenners vaccine
Doctors could now not charge to treat smallpox, as it could be prevented
What did Louis Pasteur theorise in 1861
That germs caused disease
Who built on Louis Pasteurs ideas
Robert Koch
What did Robert Koch do
He linked germs with certain illnesses e.g Tuberculosis
What did Chadwick do and when
Investigated conditions in 1842 and linked disease with dirt
When did John Snow link cholera with dirty water
1854
Who built the sewers in London in 1858
Bazelgette and he built 1300 miles
What did Public Health Act II state
Authorities had to give people clean water, streets and sewers with drains
Who cleaned the hospitals
Florence Nightingale
How did the death rates reduce when Nightingale cleaned the hospitals
(percentage)
40% - 2%
What else did Nightingale do
Wrote Notes on Nursing and established nursing schools
What did Simpson discover
Chloroform as an anaesthetic
Why was chloroform not entirely successful
Surgeons did more ambitious and failing surgeries, resulting in an increased death rate
What did Lister use as an antiseptic in 1867
Carbolic acid
