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19th Century Flashcards

1
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Who discovered that nitrous oxide could be used as an anaesthetic?

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Sir Humphrey Davy in 1799

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What is Sir Humphrey Davy known for?

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Discovering that nitrous oxide could be used as an anaesthetic

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What is nitrous oxide more commonly known as?

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Laughing gas

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Who discovered that ether could be used as an anaesthetic?

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William Morton in 1846

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5
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What were the negatives of ether?

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  • Irritated eyes and lungs
  • Highly flammable
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Who discovered that chloroform was an effective anaesthetic?

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James Simpson in 1847

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What is William Morton known for?

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Discovering that ether could be used as an anaesthetic

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What is James Simpson known for?

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Discovering that chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic

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What were the negatives of nitrous oxide as an anaesthetic?

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It didn’t make patients completely unconscious

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10
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What problems were there with anaesthetics when first used?

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Surgeons didn’t know the correct dosage which resulted in deaths

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What is Joseph Lister known for?

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Discovering the antiseptic qualities of carbolic acid and developing a carbolic spray

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What happened to public health conditions in the 19th century and why?

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They declined due to:
- Large growth in population
- People living in close proximity
- Lack of toilets and clean drinking water

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Who wrote On the Sanitary Conditions of the Working Population?

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Edwin Chadwick in 1842

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What is Edwin Chadwick known for?

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  • Publishing a report On the Sanitary Conditions of the Working Population
  • It said that ill health was caused by poor living conditions, not idleness
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When was the first Public Health Act published?

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1848

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What did the 1848 Public Health Act include?

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  • National Board of Health set up
  • Optional measures eg. improvements to local sanitary conditions
17
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When was the second Public Health Act passed?

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1875

18
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Other than the Public Health Acts, what other pieces of legislation were passed to improve public health?

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  • 1870 Education Act
  • 1875 Artisans’ Dwellings Act
19
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What was the difference between the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts?

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The 1875 act made the measures from the 1848 act compulsory

20
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What did the 1870 Education Act do?

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Make schooling compulsory

21
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What did the 1875 Artisans’ Dwellings Act do?

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Allow councils to buy, demolish and rebuild slum housing to improve living conditions

22
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What is John Snow known for?

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Identifying that cholera was spread by water during the 1854 cholera outbreak on Broad Street

23
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What caused the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak?

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A cesspit leaking into the water supply

24
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Which people were unaffected by the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak?

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The people who worked in the local brewery

25
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What is Louis Pasteur known for?

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  • Coming up with his Germ Theory
  • Inventing Pasteurisation
  • Producing the first vaccination made in a lab
26
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What is Germ Theory?

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The idea that germs (pathogens) caused disease, not the other way round

27
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What theory did Pasteur go against?

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The Theory of Spontaneous Generation

28
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What is Robert Koch known for?

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  • Proving that germs (pathogens) caused disease in humans
  • Identifying the specific microbes that caused 21 different diseases
29
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What is Paul Ehrlich known for?

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Discovering magic bullets to kill syphilis, malaria & sleeping sickness

30
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What is a magic bullet?

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A nickname for antibodies that attacked specific disease causing microbes

31
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Name 3 major inventions from the 19th century that helped to treat disease

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  • Stethoscopes
  • Thermometers
  • X-ray machines

GCSE History (Medicine) (4 decks)

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