Individuals In Medival Medicane Flashcards
Wen did John snow publish his book and what dd it explain?
He published a book in 1849 saying that
Cholera was spread through the water not by bad air
What was John snow able to prove?
His idea was dismissed but in 1849 he was able to prove that an outbreak of cholera was liked to a cesspool leading into the drinking water
When did he publish his theory?
It was seven years till he published his theory
What does Thomas Sydenhams work do?
Sydenham work moves medicine away from Galen and Hippocrates
What did Thomas Sydenham do to paitents to try and prevent illness?
He closely observed a patients illness and treated the disease.
What did Thomas Sydenham encourage patients to do?
E encouraged patients to have airy bedrooms, cold drinks and light blankets to treat smallpox and cinchona for malaria.
What did Andreas Versalius prove?
He proved that the human jawbone is made from one bone nit two as Galen said
What did Andreas Versalius have to say about Galens ideas?
The breastbone had three parts not seven as Galen also said and blood doesn’t flow into the heart through invisible holes in the septum-such holes do not not exsist
What methord did Andreas versalius use?
Te method he used was dissection and well illustrated books.
What did people believe before andreas versalious?
They believed that the himan jawbone was in tow parts and that the breastbone had seven parts.Also that blood would flow through the invisible holes in the septum in the heart
What did William Hardy prove?
Harvey proved that the heart acts like a pump,he did this by dissecting live cold blooded animals who’s heart beat slowly do he could see the movement of watch muscle in the heart.
What did William Hardy do?
He dissected humans bodies to build up his knowledge of the heart.he also prved that the body had a one way system for blood
What did William Hardy try to do?
He tried to pump liquid up the valves in the veins but could not do so.
What was Louis Pasteurs germ theory?
It was a discovery that things like micros would make milk go off.
When did Pateur publish his theory?
He published his theory in 1861 three years later he carries out and experiment
Why couldn’t Pasteur find out how people got cholera?
He couldn’t because he could never see the bacteria under his microscope because the only thing he could se was a confused mass of bacteria
Why were knock and Pasteur rivals?
Because of the war i Germany
What did koch find ?
He found specific microbe or bacteria that was causing on individual disease
koch cause the finding microbes of what diseases?
Typhoid, Cholera, Pneumonia, Meningitis and the plague because if his theory about staining the microbes
What did Pasteur do to develop vaccines?
He built upon the work of koch and he found more vaccines for more diseases.He also found the cure to chicken cholera and and how to cure anthrax
What did Pasteur do to Joseph Miester
He gave him 13 vaccinations over the space if two weeks and Joseph survived.
What was Joseph Listers solution to the problem of infection?
His solution to the problem of infection was to use carbolic spray during operation and the consequences of this method was that peoples hands would crack and dry
How did Joseph Leisters change surgery?
He changes surgery because the operation rooms we now a lot cleaner because of the substance
When id alexander fleeming start his test on mice?
In 1828 in a labarory
How did Fleming discover penicillin?
He left various petri dishes with mold on them while he went on holiday.when he came back there he found that penicillin mould had blown into on the of the plates from the lab above.the mold began to dissolve
Who are florey and chain and what did they know about fleemings experiment?
florey snd Chain were scientists who read Flemmings book and tested his theory.
How fid florey and chain grow penicillin and why was it a promble?
The grew it in bathtubs and they found it a problem because they had to use a lot of it
Why did florey and chain go to the USA and what were the consequences of going?
THey went because they would be given more money and the consequences were that it was mass produced and they used it in world war two
