history flash cards medicine
What theory was developed in 1546 which developed thinking about disease?
Fracastro’s theory of Contagion. That diseases could be passed between people. This began to become popular and influence behaviour towards disease.
How did Fracastro’s idea influence people’s behavior?
During the Renaissance public bathing was less fashionable as people believed they would catch syphilis from bathing together
What was Thomas Sydenham’s big idea that he wrote about in 1676 and how was it different to the Four Humours theory?
I.He argued that disease was something that attacked the body and not based on the humours that were present inside a patient.
II.He argued disease would be better understood if we saw how they were connected. Certain diseases belonged to families.
How did Sydenham’s idea influence belief and discoveries about the cause, prevention and treatment of disease?
During the Great Plague 1666, people believed that if they caught syphilis (Great pox) they would not catch the Bubonic plague as they were similar
Edward Jenner used this theory to see similarities between cowpox and smallpox, and develop the vaccine for smallpox using cowpox
Louis Pasteur would have been influenced by Sydenham’s idea that disease attacking the body
Robert Koch then used Germ Theory to find the different bacteria for different types of diseases
What was discovered about syphilis in the early 1900s?
The specific germ that caused the disease
How did this discovery influence the work of Paul Ehrlich?
By 1907 he had tested hundreds of chemical compounds to find the cure for syphilis
The scientist Hata retested them to find Salvarson 606. This was called the Magic Bullet as it only attacked the syphilis bacteria, and was the first successful chemical cure
