medicine Through Time

Question 1

Medieval

Answer 1

1250-1500

Question 2

Hippocrates

Answer 2

developed theory of 4 humours, medieval

Question 3

Galen

Answer 3

improved theory of 4 humours, decided illness was caused by the imbalance of the 4 humours, he performed animal dissections, medieval

Question 4

Renaissance

Answer 4

1500-1700

Question 5

Andreas Vesalius

Answer 5

dissected human corpses to challenge Galens errors in human anatomy
he helped with understanding human anatomy , renaissance

Question 6

paré

Answer 6

improved surgical techniques, renaissance

Question 7

William Harvey-

Answer 7

discovered human circulation of blood, proved that the heart works as a pump to pump blood round body, renaissance

Question 8

Thomas Sydenham

Answer 8

promoted observation and experience over theory, he classified and described diseases, emphasised careful observation on symptoms, renaissance

Question 9

da vinci

Answer 9

created detailed drawings of human anatomy, renaissance

Question 10

printing press-

Answer 10

this helped the church to have less influence on medicine and rapid spread of medical ideas, renaissance

Question 11

da vinci

Answer 11

created detailed drawings of human anatomy, renaissance

Question 13

18th and 19th century

Answer 13

1700-1800

Question 14

Edward Jenner

Answer 14

vaccine for smallpox, 18th-19th

Question 15

Florence nightingale

Answer 15

believed in miasma, helped hospitals become cleaner, 18th/19th

Question 16

John snow

Answer 16

discovered cholera was caused by unclean water not miasma, 18th/19th

Question 17

Louis Pasteur

Answer 17

discovered germ theory, created pasteurisation and vaccines for rabies and anthrax, 18th/19th

Question 18

Joseph lister

Answer 18

applied Pasteur theory to surgery and discovered antiseptic surgery with carbolic acid, 18th/19th

Question 19

Robert Koch

Answer 19

identified the specific bacteria causing disease, 18th/19th

Question 20

Modern

Answer 20

20th century and present

Question 21

Alexander Fleming

Answer 21

discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, he wrote about his accidental discovery but didn’t do anything else. Modern

Question 22

Florey and chain

Answer 22

turned penicillin into a usable drug and mass produced it in world war, modern

Question 23

crick and Watson

Answer 23

DNA

Question 24

Introduced in modern

Answer 24

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