Industrial Medicine (1700-1900)

Question 1

Cause of disease (4)

Answer 1

Spontaneous generation- germs were produced by decaying things
Miasma
Disease could be spread by water (eg. Cholera)
Germs- different germs cause different diseases

Question 2

Diagnosis (1)

Answer 2

examination of patients- clinical observation

Question 3

Prevention of disease (3)

Answer 3

Breakthrough with vaccinations
Cleanliness
Government action brought in sanitary conditions in town

Question 4

Treatment of disease (8)

Answer 4

Herbal remedies and quack potions
Germ theory did not change anything- infection still needs to be solved
Better hospitals and nursing
Anesthetic
Antiseptics
Aseptics
Blood loss still a problem

Question 5

Edward Jenner

Answer 5

Developed vaccination of smallpox by using cowpox.

Question 6

Louis Paesteur

Answer 6

germ theory- theorized that microbes that spread through the air caused decay

Question 7

Robert Koch

Answer 7

Koch used industrial dyes to stain and grow bacteria in a petri dish. Found that different germs caused different diseases

Question 8

Florence Nightingale

Answer 8

She improved hospital care in two ways:
the way hospitals were designed
training for nurses

Question 9

Joseph Lister

Answer 9

Discovered the anti-septic carbolic acid, which surgeons used to spray the operating theater

Question 10

James Simpson

Answer 10

discovered Chloroform- the first effective anesthetic. Made popular by Queen Victoria who used it in the birth of her eight child.

Question 11

Edwin Chadwick

Answer 11

published his report on the sanitary conditions of the working class which argued that disease was the main cause of poverty, and that preventing disease would reduce poverty rates,

Question 12

John Snow

Answer 12

Snow discovered that cholera was transmitted by dirty drinking water.

Question 13

When did Jenner discover the vaccination for smallpox?

Answer 13

1796

Question 14

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

Answer 14

1847

Question 15

When was the first public health act?

Answer 15

1848

Question 16

When did John Snow discover the cause of cholera

Answer 16

1854

Question 17

When was Germ Theory

Answer 17

1861

Question 18

When did Joseph Lister discover carbolic acid

Answer 18

1865

Question 19

When was the smallpox vaccine made compulsory in England?

Answer 19

1872

Question 20

When was the second public health act and what did it ensure?

Answer 20

1875- City authorities had to provide clean water, dispose of sewage, and employ a public monitor of health to monitor outbreaks of disease