industrial medicine

Question 1

when was the industrial period?

Answer 1

1700-1900

Question 2

who created the smallpox vaccine?

Answer 2

Edward jenner

Question 3

when was the smallpox vaccine created?

Answer 3

1796 - tested on James Phipps

1798 - published his findings

Question 4

what other disease was used in the smallpox vaccine?

Answer 4

cowpox

Question 5

when was the outbreak of cholera?

Answer 5

1854

Question 6

what was the name of the doctor who investigated cholera?

Answer 6

John Snow

Question 7

why was there no deaths in the broad street brewery? but there was 18 deaths at the broad street factory?

Answer 7

the workers at the brewery were allowed to use the brewery’s well and drink the beer, whereas the workers at the broad street factory drank from the public pump

Question 8

what were the two main theories of causes of diseases? (Industrial)

Answer 8

miasma

spontaneous generation

Question 9

what was spontaneous generation?

Answer 9

Disease was caused by microscopic organisms that spontaneously appeared on filth, dirt and rotting matter.

Question 10

who made the germ theory?

Answer 10

Louis pasteur

Question 11

when did Pastuer publish his findings?

Answer 11

1861

Question 12

what were the four basic principles of germ theory?

Answer 12

The air contains living microorganisms
Microbes are not evenly distributed in the air
Microbes in the air cause decay
Microbes can be killed by heating them

Question 13

what type of flask did Pasteur use?

Answer 13

swan neck flask

Question 14

who discovered the bacteria that causes tuberculosis?

Answer 14

Robert Koch in 1882

Question 15

what method of growing bacteria did Koch discover?

Answer 15

by using agar jelly in a petri dish

Question 16

what war was Florence Nightingale in?

Answer 16

The crimean war

Question 17

name three things Florence nightingale did to improve hospitals

Answer 17

made sure patients had privacy for amputation
made sure towels and sheets were clean
made sure patients had good food
hired 200 builders to rebuild a ward block

Question 18

what was the name of Florence Nightingale’s book?

Answer 18

notes for nursing

Question 19

when was Florence Nightingale’s book published?

Answer 19

1860

Question 20

when was the vaccine for rabies?

Answer 20

1885

Question 21

when was the vaccine for typhoid?

Answer 21

1896

Question 22

when was the vaccine for tuberculosis?

Answer 22

1906

Question 23

when was the vaccine for Diptheria?

Answer 23

1913

Question 24

when was the vaccine for tetanus?

Answer 24

1927

Question 25

when was the first public health act?

Answer 25

1848

Question 26

when was the second public health act?

Answer 26

1875

Question 27

what was wrong with the first public health act?

Answer 27

it was not compulsary

Question 28

what did the second public health act say had to be done?

Answer 28

the act said all towns had to have pavements built with street lighting
local authorities were forced to provide clean water and have adequate sewage removal
all new houses built had to have running water
peoples rubbish had to be collected
local authorities had to appoint medical inspectors to look after health

Question 29

what were the three big problems in 18th century surgery?

Answer 29

bleeding
infection
pain

Question 30

who discovered chloroform?

Answer 30

Jjames Simpson

Question 31

which of the three problems did chloroform help solve?

Answer 31

pain

Question 32

who discovered carbolic acid?

Answer 32

Joseph Lister

Question 33

which of the three problems did carbolic acid help to solve?

Answer 33

infection