health and the people Flashcards
1
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The Black Death
A
1348
2
Q
The Great Plague
A
1665
3
Q
Edward Jenner published his work on the smallpox vaccine
A
1798
4
Q
James Simpson used chloroform to ease the pain of childbirth
A
1847
5
Q
First Public Health Act
A
1848
6
Q
John Snow discovered cholera is waterborne
A
1854
7
Q
Pasteur published his germ theory
A
1861
8
Q
Joseph Lister used carbolic spray ( first antiseptic)
A
1867
9
Q
Robert Koch studied anthrax and found the bacterium which caused it
A
1875-78
10
Q
Second Public Health Act
A
1875
11
Q
Pasteur found a vaccine for chicken cholera (later for anthrax and rabies)
A
1879
12
Q
William Halsted introduced use of rubber gloves in surgery (aseptic surgery)
A
1890
13
Q
William Rontgen discovered x-rays
A
1895
14
Q
Karl Landsteiner discovered blood groups
A
1901
15
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Paul Ehrlich’s team discovered the first magic bullet
A
1905
