History Assessment Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
What are some methods of treating disease in the early 19th century?
A
- Bloodletting
-Purging
-Lemons and limes to treat scurvy, John Woodall
-Tobacco said to cure many conditions (toothache to plague)
-Scrofula cured by the ‘King’s Evil’
-Mercury for syphilis (killed people)
2
Q
What did Louis Pasteur discover by accident?
A
Germ theory
3
Q
How did Louis Pasteur come up with germ theory accidentally?
A
he was investigating why beer and wine turned sour, then made the swan neck flask to keep germs out so the liquid didn’t come in contact with air.
