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Industrial Period 1700-1900 Flashcards

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What were the 5 killer diseases in this time period

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Cholera, TB, Diphtheria, Smallpox, Typhoid

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What is cholera

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  • Spread through bacteria in food and water from sewage
  • Symptoms are severe sickness, diarrhoea
  • Sufferer dies of starvation within 24 hours
  • 2/3 people died
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What is Tuberculosis (TB)

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  • Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
  • Symptoms are severe coughing, chest/weight pain
  • 1/2 people died
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What is Diphtheria

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  • Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
  • Symptoms are bleeding, paralysis, suffocation
  • 1/10 people died
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What is Smallpox

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  • Spread through droplets when coughing/sneezing
  • Symptoms are rash with blisters, infection
  • 1/10 people died
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What is Typhoid

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  • Spread through bacteria in food and water from sewage
  • symptoms are headache, fever, constipation
  • 1/3 people died
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When was Edward Jenner born

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1749

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8
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who was Edward Jenner

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invented the first vaccine

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9
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what disease did Edward Jenner’s vaccine prevent

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Smallpox

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How did milkmaids influence Edward Jenner’s vaccine

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he was fascinated how milkmaids never received smallpox but instead received cowpox

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what is inoculation

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inoculation gives the child a mild version of the disease which they could still die from

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why was getting an inoculation rare for a child

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only rich people could afford it

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What hospital did Edward Jenner work in before working as a GP

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St George’s Hospital

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Where did Edward Jenner work as a GP

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Gloucestershire

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15
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What year did Edward Jenner test his theory

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1796

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16
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What was the boy called that Edward Jenner tested his theory on

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James Phipps

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17
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What was the theory that Edward Jenner came up with

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by giving somebody cowpox, they wouldn’t be able to receive smallpox

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what was cowpox

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a similar but less deadly disease to contagious diseases such as smallpox

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what was the name of the cow that Edward Jenner used to give James Phipps cowpox

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blossom

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Why could nobody use Edward Jenner’s vaccine to create more vaccines

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because there was no scientific evidence and the correlation between cowpox and smallpox was seen as unique

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Why did people oppose Jenner’s discovery

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  • it was seen as dangerous and giving a person an animal disease (cowpox) was wrong
  • people thought they’d become cows
  • doctors lost money as inoculations costed money but vaccines became free
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22
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what happened to Edward Jenner in 1798

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the Royal Society refused to publish his ideas so he wrote them in his own book

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what was the name of Edward Jenner’s book

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An enquiry into the causes and effects of the Variola Vaccinae

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24
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How many people had been vaccinated worldwide by 1800

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100,000 people

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25
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When was the Royal Jennerian Society set up

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1802

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26
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what was the purpose of the Royal Jennerian Society being set up

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to promote vaccines

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27
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How many people had been vaccinated in Britain in 1804

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12,000 people

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28
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When did the government buy vaccinations

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1840

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29
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when were vaccines made compulsory

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1852

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30
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When was Smallpox announced extinct

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1979

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31
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who announced the extinction of Smallpox

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WHO, World Health Organisation

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32
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James Simpson was a professor in ______

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midwifery

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33
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Who was the first person to ever be knighted for their services to medicine

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James Simpson

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34
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What aspect of surgery and childbirth was James Simpson trying to eradicate

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pain

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35
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What substance did James Simpson discover in 1847 that sent people to sleep during surgery

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Chloroform

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36
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Who really loved Chloroform

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Queen Victoria

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37
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Why were people against Chloroform

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it was seen as being against the gods

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38
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What problems were their with Chloroform when given to the patient

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The dosage was unknown

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39
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How did James Simpson promote Chloroform in medicine

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wrote articles and spoke at lectures

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40
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What helped with the dosage of Chloroform in surgery

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inhalers

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41
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Who discovered Chloroform in surgery

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James Simpson

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42
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Who discovered the first ever vaccination

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Edward Jenner

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43
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Who said: “Cleaner towns and cities will lead to better health and less disease”

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Edwin Chadwick

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44
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What did Edwin Chadwick prove in 1842

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that different professions in different cities had different life expectancies

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45
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When was the first cholera epidemic

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1848-49

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46
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What did John Snow believe about the cause of Cholera

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it was caused by contaminated food and water

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47
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When was the second cholera epidemic

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1854

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48
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what did John Snow find out during the 1854 cholera epidemic

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there were strong links to a water pump on Broad Street

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49
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Where was the pump that John Snow discovered in 1854 located

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Broad street, Soho, London

50
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What happened when John Snow removed the water pump on broad street

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deaths fell dramatically

51
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What year did John Snow show his findings to the government

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1855

52
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Why didn’t the government build a new sewage system after John Snow presented his findings

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he had no scientific evidence

53
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When was the Great stink

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1858

54
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What was Louis Pasteur’s job

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a chemist

55
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where did Louis Pasteur live

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france

56
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What is Spontaneous Generation

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where microorganisms spontaneously generate by decay and spread to create disease

57
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Who discovered the germ theory

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Louis Pasteur

58
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When was the Germ Theory discovered

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1861

59
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In 1865, there was a ___ epidemic

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cholera

60
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When did Louis Pasteur invent his first ever vaccination

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1879

61
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what was Louis Pasteur’s first ever vaccine tackling

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Chicken Cholera

62
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When did Pasteur invent the chicken Cholera vaccination

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1879

63
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When did Louis Pasteur make his Anthrax vaccine

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1881

64
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Why wasn’t the Anthrax vaccine original to Louis Pasteur’s

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he used other people’s findings

65
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When did Louis Pasteur make his vaccine for Rabies

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1885

66
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how many vaccines did Pasteur make

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4

67
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what was the name of the boy that Pasteur tested his vaccination on

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Joseph

68
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What 4 vaccines did Pasteur

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Chicken Cholera, Anthrax, Rabies, Diphtheria

69
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What was formed by Pasteur in 1888

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the Pasteur Institute

70
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Why did Pasteur invent the Pasteur Institute

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to encourage people to get vaccines and help with new discoveries

71
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what did the Pasteur Institute do for France

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it economically helped grow the country

72
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What vaccine did Pasteur make in 1888

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Diphtheria vaccine

73
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When did Pasteur make the diphtheria vaccine

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1888

74
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How children people today are immune to diphtheria

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85%

75
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What was Robert Koch’s job

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doctor and scientist

76
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where did Robert Koch work

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Germany

77
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What was the relationship like between Koch and Pasteur

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the were friendly until a war broke out between France and Germany, this made Pasteur and Koch join in and started a fierce rivalry

78
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What caused Koch to study microbes

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Koch read the work of Pasteur

79
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How did Koch prove that miasma was wrong

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he used bacteria from an eyeball and injected it into a mouse

80
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In 1878, what vaccine did Koch create

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The Anthrax vaccine

81
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In 1882, what vaccine did Koch create

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The Tuberculosis vaccine

82
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In 1883, what vaccine did Koch create

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The Cholera vaccine

83
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What was Robert Koch the first person to do

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to discover a specific microbe for a specific disease being Anthrax

84
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How highly was nursing ranked in society

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lowly ranked

85
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How wealthy was Florence Nightingale’s parents

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extremley

86
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How many nurses did Nightingale take with her to the Crimean War 1854-56

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38

87
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What idea did Nightingale strongly believe in during the Crimean War

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miasma

88
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What did Nightingale emphasise in the military hospital in Scutari during the Crimean war

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good hygiene, fresh air and good supplies helped to cure and prevent disease

89
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what 2 ideas did Nightingale promote during the Crimean was

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Ventilation and sanitation

90
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When she arrived in Scutari, what did she do to the military hospital

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completely cleaned the whole hospital and did things her way

91
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By cleaning the Scutari military hospital, how much did Nightingale reduce the death rate of the hospital by

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42% to 2%

92
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How many books did nightingale publish

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2

93
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what book did Nightingale publish in 1859

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notes on nursing

94
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when did Nightingale publish her book, notes on nursing

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1859

95
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what book did Nightingale publish in 1863

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notes on hospitals

96
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when did Nightingale publish her book, notes on hospitals

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1863

97
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What did Nightingale create in 1860

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a Nightingale nursing and midwife school

98
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when did Nightingale make her nursing and midwife school

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1860

99
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What was installed into workhouses in 1867

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infirmaries

100
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when were infirmaries installed into workhouses

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1867

101
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What did Ignaz Semmelweis promote

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hand-washing to clean off bacteria

102
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why were people dying of childbed fever

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because doctors in maternity ward were coming from dissections and carrying bacteria with them

103
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When did Semmelweis write his book on hand-washing

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1860s

104
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how did hand-washing stop childbed fever

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it reduced it as bacteria was being washed away and less doctors were carrying bacteria during childbirth

105
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What part of the hospital did Ignaz Semmelweis work in

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Maternity Unit

106
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What main aspect of surgery did Joseph Lister try and stop

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infection

107
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what was Joseph Listers job

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he was a surgeon

108
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What part of Pasteur’s work was Joseph Lister very interested about

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the fact that microbes cause infection in wounds

109
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What did Lister find out in 1864

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carbolic spray was used in sewers in Carsile that killed parasites

110
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Where did Lister discover that carbolic acid was used in sewers

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Carsile

111
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What did Lister invent in 1867

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Carbolic spray

112
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Who invented carbolic spray for surgery

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Joseph Lister

113
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When did Lister invent Carbolic Spray

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1867

114
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Who was Joseph Bazalgette

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made a new sewage system in 1858 and 1866

115
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In 1874 there was a Chelsea embankment, how many acres of the Thames were regained

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52

116
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When was the Chelsea embankment created

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1874

117
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When was the first public Health Act

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1848

118
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When was the second public Health Act

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1875

119
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what was said in the first Public Health Act

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  • National board of health set up

- In towns with high death rate, government could force council to make improvements

120
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what was said in the second Public Health Act

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  • Compulsory for local councils to improve sewers and drainage, supply fresh water supplies too
  • Compulsory for medical officers to be appointed to inspect health facilities

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