1750-1900 Flashcards
What was inoculation?
Giving people a weak dose of small pox in order o immunise them from the disease
What three things did people believe caused disease in 1800?
Miasma.
Animalcules.
Spontaneous generation of micro-organisms.
What were the risks of inoculation?
Getting full disease or passing it on
What was the downside to inoculation?
It was expensive and poor people could not afford it
What stimulated Jenner’s discovery of vaccination?
Seeing that milk maids had gotten cow pox and did not get small pox
What experiment was carried out to test Jenner’s theory?
He injected a boy with cow pox, then once recovered, with small pox and no symptoms experienced.
Who supported Jenner and funded his clinic with £30,000?
Parliament
What did the british Government do in 1852 to ensure vaccinations were done?
Made them compulsory
What were some of the reasons for opposition to vaccination?
Sounded odd.
Jenner could not explain findings.
Doctors had made profit from inoculations.
Dangerous if needles confused or infected.
Mandatory vaccination seen as abuse of free will.
What were the limitaions of Jenner’s work?
Didnt know how it worked.
Had no strong microscopes.
What were consequences of Jenner’s work?
Saved many lives.
He was first immuniser.
Idea of immunity developed.
How did Pasteur discover germ theory?
Trying to find out why milk goes sour and discovered that bacteria cause it
When was germ theory published, and when was it accepted?
1861 and 1863
Who was competing against Pasteur to discover cause of disease?
Robert Koch
Why was the German government impressed by Koch?
His work was meticulous and methodical
