C3) Revolution In Medicine Flashcards
When was germ theory?
1861
When was Salvarsan 606?
1910
When was notes on nursing?
1859
When was the stethoscope invented?
1816
When was the general medical council set up?
1858
What did Florence nightingale do to mortality rates?
40% to 2%
When did Davy do laughing gas?
1799
When did Simpson find chloroform?
1847
When did queen Victoria use chloroform?
1853
When did lister start using carbolic acid?
1867
When did lister invent the spray machine?
1871
What did lister do to death rates?
46% in 1867 to 15% in 1870
When did Charles chamberland invent the steam steriliser?
1881
What was York’s infant mortality rate in 1899?
1/4 died before 1st birthday
When did gustav neuber have the first sterile operating theatre?
1886
When did Moynihan use gloves?
1890’s
When were the cholera epidemics?
Between 1831 and 1866
When did John snow prove his theory?
1854
When did William farr make registration of births and deaths compulsory?
1837
When did Edwin Chadwick publish Report on the Sanitary Conditions Of The Labouring Population?
1842
When was the first public health act?
1848
When was the factory act?
1864
When was the food and drug act?
1875
When was the second public health act?
1875
When was the great stink?
1858
