Immunisation and 18th Century Flashcards

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What was inoculation?

A

First form of immunisation
Giving someone a small dose to help resistance
First used in the Middle Ages in the east

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Who developed vaccinations?

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Edward Jenner

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What experiment did Jenner do?

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1796
Took pus from a milkmaids cowpox sore and introduced to a cut of a healthy boy - James Phipps
6 weeks later he did the same with smallpox but James didn’t get the disease

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What happened in 1840 and 1853

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British government made vaccination free for children

Compulsory in 1854

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What was a big killer in the 18th century?

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Small pox

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What was the opposition to the smallpox vaccination?

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Jenner could not scientifically explain how it worked
Many worried about side affects
Some believed vaccination was not natural

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Who was Florence Nightingale and what did she do?

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  • from wealthy background, became a nurse despite family opposition
  • brought discipline to a job that had a bad reputation at the time
  • went to Crimean war to sort nursing in the English camp
  • mad huge improvements in death rate, due to improving ward hygiene
  • returned home, wrote a book ‘notes on nursing’ and set up hospital in London.
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Who was Mary Seacole and what did she do?

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  • from poor background in Jamaica
  • volunteered to help nurse in Crimean war, is rejected, goes anyway self financing her journey
  • nursed soldiers on battlefield and built ‘British Hotel’
  • went bankrupt, returned to England, received support due to press interest in her story
  • writes autobiography.
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