18th 19th Century Medicine Flashcards
Who discovered the small pox vaccine?
Edward Jenner
What disease preventing you from getting small pox?
Cow Pox
Who discovered Germ Theory?
Louis Pasteur
When did he discover Germ Theory?
1861
Who discovered which germs cause which diseases?
Robert Koch
Who discovered that Cholera was in the water?
John Snow
Name an anesthetic
Chloroform
Who famously used chloroform in child birth?
Queen Victoria
Who discovered carbolic acid was an antiseptic?
Joseph Lister
When was the first public health act?
1848
When was the second public health act?
1875
What was the difference between the two public health acts?
It was complusorary
When did Jenner publish his findings?
1798
When had Napoleon vaccinated his entire army for smallpox?
1805
When was the Royal Jennerian Society set up and what did it set out to do?
1803 to promote the smallpox vaccine
When was the smallpox vaccine made compulsory?
1852
When did they strictly enforce the compulsory smallpox vaccine?
1872
When was smallpox eradicated?
1979
What experiment did Pasteur use to prove Germ Theory?
Swan Neck Flask
Which outbreak could Pasteur not prove with Germ Theory?
1875 Cholera Outbreak
Which microbe did Koch identify in 1876?
Anthrax
When did John Snow discover that cholera was spread in the water?
1854
Why did the government not believe John Snow?
Germ Theory had not been discovered yet so there was no scientific theory for his work
What is the Great Stink?
Hot summer of 1858 dried up the Thames causing London to small, especially outside the House of Parliament
Which doctor spread the idea to make people was their hands?
Semmelweis
What did Edwin Chadwick’s report find?
That life expectancy in the towns was less than life expectancy in the countryside. He recommended many of the things that were put in place by the Public Health Act
How long was the sewer system that Bazalgette designed in London?
1,300 miles
Which was did Florence Nightingale help in?
Crimean
How did Florence Nightingale improve hospitals?
Ventilation, Cleaned Floors, Changed bedding, organised beds
Which two books did Florence Nightingale write?
Notes on Hospitals, Notes on Nursing
