General Health and Illness Flashcards
Who came up with the Ancient Greek theory of the Four Humours and what was the belief?
Hippocrates.
Illness was caused by imbalance in the body. e.g. too much blood
Based on the Four Humours, what did treatment did Galen propose to treat illness?
Theory of Opposites.
What was miasma?
Disease was caused by bad air
What was Spontaneous Generation?
Rotting material created maggots, fleas and disease.
What did Koch identify between 1882-1883?
He identified microorganisms causing tuberculosis and cholera
What significant event occurred in 1858 known as The Great Stink?
A hot summer caused the Thames to dry up, exposing excrement and rubbish, leading to an act to provide money for a sewer.
What was discovered in 1861?
Pasteur’s Germ Theory
What was Salvarsan 606 developed by Ehrlich in 1909?
The first Magic Bullet, a preparation containing arsenic lethal to the microorganism responsible for syphilis.
What did Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?
He discovered penicillin from a contaminated Petri dish.
What did Florey and Chain work on in 1939?
Penicillin- they tested it on rats and then the first human- Albert Alexander.
