GCSE Medicine Booklet 3 COPY Flashcards
What was the population size in 1801 and then in 1901?
16.3 miliion and then 41.6 million
What did Bentham believe?
It wasn’t the government’s job to interfere with people’s lives.
What did Chadwick believe?
It was the government’s job to interfere with people’s lives.
What was Louis Pasteur the first to do?
Establish a link between disease and germs.
What did Pasteur’s initial research do?
He argued that micro-organisms caused disease and he developed a vaccine for rabies based on researching chicken cholera.
What was Pasteur’s nickname?
The father of micro-biology.
What was pasteurisation?
Heating liquids to kill germs e.g. milk.
What did Koch discover?
A way of staining bacteria to make it visible under the microscope.
What germ did Koch discover?
The bacillus germ in 1891,which caused diptheria, and a serum to treat it in 1894.
What was Paul Erlich’s major contribution to germ theory?
Salvarsan 606, in 1910, as a treatment for syphilis.
What were magic bullets?
carefully designed drugs designed to target and kill specific germs causing illness.
What 19th century technological improvements helped medicine?
Stethoscopes, thermometers, microscopes and X-Ray machines, from 1895.
What was Laudanum? It was recommended in Mrs Beeton’s book, The Book of Household Managament in 1861.
90% alcohol and 10% opium.
When did Aspirin go on sale in Britain?
1899
Which chemist opened in the 19th century?
Boots
How did mortality rates from surgery change in the 19th century?
Fell from 40% to 10%
What gas did Sir Humphrey Davy use to relieve pain in operations?
Nitrous Oxide - laughing gas
What gas did Robert Liston use during a leg amputation?
Ether
What anaesthetic did James Simpson start using in 1847?
Chloroform
Who was a famous user of chloroform?
Queen Victoria used it during childbirth in 1853.