industrial Flashcards
when was germ theroy published
1861
how did koch work on pasteurs work
used dyes to see bacteria on microscopes, grew it on agar jelly, identified microbes for TB and cholera
significance of germ theroy
proved miasma and spontanus generation wrong, took time to be accepted
how did florence nightingale improve hospital care
published books, set up training school, empahsised hygeine
how did hospital care change
improved hygiene, specialist hospitals, nursing as a proffession
chloroform
1947- james simpson uses it as an anaesthetic
carbolic acid
1867-joseph lister publishes work on spraying it and soaking banages in it as an antiseptic
when were the public health acts
1848, 1875
what was chadwicks report
the sanitary report- highlighting how classs or residence effected life expectancy
what did the second public health act improve
authorities had to provide clean water, sewers, public toilets, inspecting and controlling food quaility and living conditions
when was jenners first smallpox vaccine
1796- injected cowpox
when did vaccines become compulsary
1853
what were the problems with jenners ideas
he didnt understand it, interfered with gods plan
when were the three cholera epidemics
1831, 1848, 1854
how did john snow discover cholera was a waterborne disease
traced the soucre of cholera in soho to the broad street pump
snows significance
saved lives, didnt have evidence, sewer system finally created in 1875
