History Medicine - Timeline

Question 1

2. Prevention

Outline the medical timeline when it comes to medical prevention from c.500 to today.

Answer 1

1. Medieval Period
- The role of the church
- Early attempts to prevent the Black Death

2. 16th & 17 Century ( Renaissance )
- Alchemy
- Soothsayers

3. Industrialisation in 19th Century
- Preventative Fads e.g. Cold Water treatment, vegetarianism
- Scientific Method - John Snow and Cholera
- Edward Jenner and smallpox vaccination.

4. 20th Century
- Spread of inoculation and vaccination
- The 1998 MMR debate
- Further development of germ theory and bacteriology
- Smallpox eradicated.

Question 2

3. Treatment and Cure

Outline the medical timeline when it comes to medical treatments & cures from c.500 to today.

Answer 2

1. Medieval Period
- Bleeding/leeches/Barber-surgeons
- Urine diagnosis
- Zodiac charts
- Herbal medicines

2. 16th & 17 Century ( Renaissance )
- Continuation of traditional remedies.
- Beginning of scientific method

3. Industrialisation in 19th Century
- James Simpson and anaesthetics.
- Joseph Lister and antiseptics.
- Surgical clothing

4. 20th Century
- Marie Curie and radiation
- Fleming, Florey and Chain - penicillin
- Alternative Medicine

Question 3

4. Advances

Outline the medical timeline when it comes to medical Advances from c.500 to today.

Answer 3

1. Medieval Period
- Hippocrates Galen and the 4 humours
- Alchemy
- Astrology
- Role of the church

2. 16th & 17 Century ( Renaissance )
- Renaissance thinkers question Galen’s ideas
- Vesalius - anatomy
- Pare - treating wounds
- Harvey - blood flow

3. Industrialisation in 19th Century
- Louis Pasteur and germ theory
- Robert Koch
- Paul Erlich

4. 20th Century
- X-rays
- Ultrasound
- MRI
- DNA and genetic research