Medicine Key Dates Flashcards
(30 cards)
Egyptian times
3000BC-1000BC
Greek Times
1000BC-250BC
Roman Times
500BC-500AD
When did the roman’s take over Britain?
43AD
In what century did Galen release the theory of opposites?
The 2nd century AD
Prehistoric times
Before 3000BC
The Middle Ages
400-1350AD
The Medical Renaissance
1350-1750AD
When was “The Fabric of the Human Body” published?
1543
When was the water closet invented?
1596
When did Harvey publish his work?
1628
When was the major plague outbreak?
1665
When did the government make gin more expensive?
1750
When did Edward Jenner discover and publish vaccination?
1798
When did Edwin Chadwick publish his results?
1842
When were the two Public Health Acts of the 19 century?
1848 and 1875
When was the smallpox vaccine made compulsory?
1853
When was the major cholera outbreak of the 19th century?
1854
When was the Crimean war?
1854-56
When did John Snow link water quality to disease?
1854
When did the Germ theory get published?
1861
When did vaccines have to be registered?
1871
When did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson become a doctor?
1876
When was the National Insurance act?
1911
