Dates

Question 1

1348

Answer 1

The black death : killed 40% of the british population

Question 2

1543

Answer 2

Vesalius published his book on the fabric of the human body

Question 3

1628

Answer 3

William Harvey published his book on the notion of the heart and blood

Question 4

1665

Answer 4

The great plague : killed 100,000 londoners

Question 5

1798

Answer 5

Edward jenner discovered the first vaccine for smallpox

Question 6

1842

Answer 6

Edward Chadwicks report on the living conditions of the poor

Question 7

1848

Answer 7

The first public health bill. Local council were encouraged to improve public health

Question 8

1858

Answer 8

General medical act. Creates general medical council to regulate doctors

Question 9

1860

Answer 9

Florence nightingale opened a school for nurses at st thomas hospital

Question 10

1861

Answer 10

Louis pastuer published the germ theory

Question 11

1865

Answer 11

Elizabeth Garret Anderson was the first female doctor in england

Question 12

1867

Answer 12

Reform act gave some working class men a chance to vote

Question 13

1875

Answer 13

Second public health act forced local council to provide clean water and to remove sewage and waste