2.2.3 Changes for Physicians, Hospitals & Surgeons Flashcards
What things were established in hospitals to treat certain diseases? (1)
Specialist wards (like maternity wards)
What were hospitals funded by? (2)
- Wealthy people
- Private subscriptions from the local community
How would the amount of change in nursing be described?
As not much
In the mid 1800s which nurse drove a lot of reforms in hospitals?
Florence Nightingale born in 1820
Following the work of Florence Nightingale, what happened in terms of hospitals?
There was a higher level of cleanliness and organisation demanded from hosiptals
What did hospitals begin to create to provide medicines?
Pharmacies
Where were the poor often looked after? (1)
Workhouses
What were workhouses? (1)
Large buildings where the poor, ill or elderly could be looked after
How were the conditions in workhouses? (1)
Often bad although they got better after 1850
In London there were 5 new general hospitals built between which years?
1720 and 1750
The increased number of hospitals was accompanied by what?
A rise in patient numbers
What religious reason for illness was growing increasingly less popular?
That illness was a punishment for sin
Hospital treatment was free but..?
Most treatment was still based on Galen’s Four Humours
In the Renaissance the Miasma Theory and The Four Humours remained common but..?
There was a growing awareness that dirt and disease were connected
What was The College of Physicians and when was it set up?
Where most doctors were trained and learned Galen’s methods 1518
