Industrial Medicine Flashcards
1
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What time period is the industrial period?
A
1700 - 1900 (18th century - 20th century)
2
Q
Industrial
What are the theories of the causes of disease?
A
- Germ theory
- Spontaneous generation
- Miasma
- The four humours
- Religion
- Supernatural / astrology
3
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The four humours
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- Not widely believed but has not been replaced.
4
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Miasma
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- Some people still believed in miasma.
5
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Spontaneous generation
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- Developed early 18th century. An alternative to theories such as the four humours. It’s the theory that living creatures like microbes could grow from non living matter.
6
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Germ theory
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- Published by Louis Pasteur in 1861.
- Proved that bacteria caused diseases.
7
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Supernatural / astrology
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- Much less influence.
- Not many people believed this theory.
