industrial medicine c1700-1900

Question 1

who was john snow

Answer 1

discovered cholera was water born

Question 2

how did john snow find out ab cholera

Answer 2

mapped out infected areas and pumps and managed to locate pump that was infected

Question 3

what was the impact of snows findings

Answer 3

limited
encouraged scientific method
helped lead to new sewer system by joseph bazalgette

Question 4

who was jenner

Answer 4

discoverer of the smallpox vaccine

Question 5

how did jenner discover smallpox vaccine

Answer 5

found milkmaids who had had cowpox didnt develop smallpox

Question 6

how was smallpox treated before vaccinination

Answer 6

inoculation - used small dose of smallpox

Question 7

what were the consequences of smallpox vaccine

Answer 7

made complusory in 1853
smallpox eradicated as disease
inspired pasteur and koch

Question 8

what opposition did smallpox face

Answer 8

inoculation doctors put out of business
people saw it as a punishment from god
jenner was unable to explain why this worked

Question 9

who was louis pasteur

Answer 9

creator of germ theory

Question 10

when did pasteur discover germ theory

Answer 10

1861

Question 11

how did pasteur discover germ theory

Answer 11

found that uncovered water and milk went sour but not when he put a stopper on it
used microscope to discover microbes

Question 12

impacts of pasteurs germ theory

Answer 12

little immediate impact - believed they werent there bc they couldnt see them
eventually led to antiseptic surgery

Question 13

who was koch

Answer 13

german microbiologist
found a way to stain bacteria

Question 14

what did koch discover

Answer 14

the bacteria that caused anthrax, tb, and cholera

Question 15

what was the impact of kochs work

Answer 15

inspired others to look for microbes
didnt directly impact treatment or prevention

Question 16

which vaccines were created due to pasteur and koch

Answer 16

rabies, typhoid, tuberculosis, diptheria

Question 17

what did chadwick write

Answer 17

report on public healthw

Question 18

when did chadwick write his report on public health

Answer 18

1842

Question 19

what caused the gov to change its mind on public health

Answer 19

cholera
germ theory
chadwicks report
working class getting the vote

Question 20

when was the first public health act

Answer 20

1848w

Question 21

what did the first public health act say

Answer 21

recommended towns have board of health and clean water supply

Question 22

when was the second public health act

Answer 22

1875

Question 23

what did the second public health act do

Answer 23

recommendations made compulsory
forced to improve sanitary conditions

Question 24

what did florence nightingale do

Answer 24

improved standards for soldiers in hospital during the crimean war

Question 25

how did florence nightingale improve standards within hospitals

Answer 25

kept them safe and clean
used separate wards for patients with infectious disease
cut mortality rates from 40% to 2%

Question 26

what did florence nightingale do after the crimean war

Answer 26

published notes on hospitals in 1859
set up nursing school

Question 27

who improved surgery in this period

Answer 27

lister qnd simpson

Question 28

how did lister improve surgery

Answer 28

pioneered surgery with carbolic acid
sanitation

Question 29

what did simpson do

Answer 29

discovered chloroform

Question 30

what effects did chloroform have on surgery

Answer 30

surgeons able to perform more complex procedures
could kill if doesage was too high