Timeline Of Key Events Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
When does the Black Death first arrive in England ?
A
1348
2
Q
When does William Harvey prove the circulation of the blood?
A
1628
3
Q
When does Edward Jenner develop cowpox as a protection against smallpox?
A
1798
4
Q
When is the first major outbreak of cholera in Britain?
A
1831
5
Q
When does James Simpson first use chloroform as an anaesthetic?
A
1847
6
Q
When is the first Public Health Act introduced. Lasts 10 years.
A
1848
7
Q
When does Joseph Bazalgette begins building a network of sewers under
London’s streets
A
1858
8
Q
When does Louis Pasteur develop his Germ Theory
A
1861
9
Q
When does Joseph Lister publish a description of carbolic antiseptic in surgery?
A
1867
10
Q
When does Robert Koch identify the specific microbe responsible for causing TB?
A
1882
