industrial era Flashcards
which war enabled Florence Nightingale to be known
Crimean war
how did the death rate at Barrack’s hospital change in the 2yrs after florence arrived
went from 42% - 2%
whats the biggest improvement Florence made to the hospital
she improved ward hygiene
who developed germ theory
Pasteur - 1857
who identified TB and what else did he do
Koch
he started linking microbes to the disease that they acsued
name for the theory that microbes are caused by disease
spontaneous generation
how did Koch link microbes to their diseases
developed solid culture medium, dyeing techniques, helping him see germs under microscopes
2 bacterias Koch discovered
and what year
TB 1882 and cholera 1883
when was Chadwicks report and what was it about - how does it it link to the yr 1848
1842
he linked poverty to poor living and ill health, his work contributed to the Public Health Act being passed 1848
1st public health act
1848
why wasn’t the 1st public health act working
known of the asks in it were compulsory
who found out chlorea was linked to water
and the year
Snow - 1854
when was the 2nd public health act
1875
simpson used ETHER as an anaesthetic but wanted a more effective reflief
what did Simpson discover in 1847
chloroform when experimenting with friends
why was simpsons anaesthetic suddenly accepted even though Simpson had wrote article to other surgeons that were ignored
queen victoria used it during her childbirth
CHLOROFORM
