Health and the people- Key dates Flashcards
When was circulation of the blood proven? Who did it?
William Harvey, 1628
What book was written and by who that blended European and Arab knowledge of medicine in medieval times?
Compendium Medicine by Gilbert Eagle, 1230
When was the Black Death?
1348
When was Guy’s hospital founded in London?
1724
When did Jenner develop vaccination for smallpox?
1798
When was chloroform as an anasthetic discovered and by who?
James Simpson, 1847
When was the First Public Health Act introduced?
1848
When was the London Sewer made and by who?
Joseph Bazalgette, 1858
When was carbolic acid discovered as an antiseptic and by who?
Joseph Lister, 1867
Who identified tuberculosis and when?
Robert Koch, 1882
When were the first Liberal social reforms? What did they include?
1906
- Free school meals
- Free medical checks and treatment
When was penecillin discovered and by who?
1928, Alexander Flemming
When did the NHS come into operation?
1948
When was the pattern of DNA photographed and by who?
Rosalind Franklin, 1951
When was research on the structure of DNA published and by who?
Francis Crick and James Watson, 1953
When was the first liver transplant carried out and where?
1963, America
When was the first IVF baby born?
1978
When was the human genome project complete?
2003
When was the outbreak of COVID?
2019
What text was used by barber surgeons in the Renaissance and who was it by?
Compendiosa- Andres Vesalius [1545]
What book was published and by who during the Renaissance that revolutionised anatomy and dissections?
The Fabric of the Human Body [1543]- Andres Vesalius
What book did Paré publish?
Works on Surgery [1575]
What was a book in the Renaissance on herbology?
Nicholas Culpepper’s ‘The Complete Herbal’
[1653]
- highly critical of bloodletting and purging
What plague was clearly used to recognise that microbes spread disease in the Industrial era?
Cattle Plague of 1866
- a microbe was found under a microscope
- conclusions were made that identified the cattle plague as a contagious disease
Who discovered antiseptics? When?
Joseph Lister [1867 published research]
Who discovered germs? When?
Loius Pasteur
1860s
Who discovered that different germs caused different diseases and when?
Robert Koch [1876 → Anthrax microobes]
1882 → TB microobe
Statistic about cholera and date
[1881] 50,000 people died
When was the Great Stink?
1858
When were working class men given the vote?
1867
Who improved plastic surgery treatments in WW1 and how many men did they treat?
Harrod Gillies treated over 5000 men by 1921
How many people were injured during WW1?
20 million
Who discovered blood groups?
Karl Landsteiner
Who discovered a way to stop blood from clotting and when?
1914, Albert Hustin with a glucose and sodium citrate solution that prevented blood from clotting with the air
Example of a social reform in the early 20th century?
School Meals Act [1906]
School clinics set up, free for children
When was the NHS founded
1948
