Health and the People Flashcards
Who was Galen and what did he do?
Claudius Galen was a Greek Physician who went to Rome and revived the ideas of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors. He became a chief physician to the gladiator school in Pergamum, gaining much experience of treating wounds. Throughout his life he dissected animals in his quest to understand how the body functions. His most important discovery was that arteries carry blood although he did not discover circulation.
Who was Edward Jenner and what did he discover?
He trained in London as a surgeon. He is an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the worlds first vaccine.
Who was Alexander Fleming and what did he do?
Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician, microbiologist and a pharmacologist. He discovered penicillin from a penicillium notatum mould, but he did not receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery until 1945.
Who was Louis Pasteur and what did he discover?
Louis Pasteur invented the food preparing process known as pasteurisation; he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies.
What is Pasteurisation?
Pasteurisation is the process of heat processing a liquid or food to a temperature of where pathogenic bacteria is killed and cooled down quickly to freezing point so bacteria doesn’t grow to make it safe to eat or drink.
What did William Harvey discover?
He was an English Physician who was the first to recognise the circulation of the blood.
What did Florence Nightingale do?
Florence Nightingale went to the Crimean War to nurse wounded soldiers. She and her nurses saved many lives. She improved the sanitisation of wards in hospitals and saved lives with it.
What types of black death were there?
Bubonic, pneunomic and septicemic.
When was the Microscope invented?
The Microscope was invented in 1590. This made people see food, living things in our water and under our nose in a whole new light.
When was the printing press invented?
It was invented in 1440. Most European texts were printed using xylography.
