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1
Q

What year does death kills 40% of its population

A

1348

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2
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Versalius publishes fabric of the human body, proving Galen wrong

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1543

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3
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Harvey publishes his book, proving that the heart is a pump

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1628

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4
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Great plague kills 100,000 people in London

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1665

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5
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Jenner develops the smallpox vaccination

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1796

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6
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Chadwick publishes his report on the living conditions of the poor

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1842

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7
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Pasteur publishes his germ theory

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1861

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8
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Koch proves germ theory by identifying the anthrax bacterium

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1875

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9
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Fleming discovers penicillin

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1928

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10
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Formation of the NHS

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1948

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11
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Structure of DNA discovered by Crick and Watson

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1953

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12
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Anatomy expert. Proved Galen wrong. Published book in 1543

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Andreas Versalius

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13
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Proved that the heart is a pump (Galen wrong again). Book 1928

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William Harvey

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14
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Smallpox vaccination using cowpox in 1796

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Edward Jenner

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15
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Report on living conditions of the poor, 1842

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Edwin Chadwick

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16
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Linked cholera to dirty water (Broad street pump) 1854

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John Snow

17
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Germ theory, 1861, proved germs cause disease. Not spontaneous generation

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Louis Pasteur

18
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Used carbolic acid in surgery to prevent infection (antiseptics) 1865

A

Joseph Lister

19
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Proved germ theory by identifying the anthrax bacterium, 1875

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Robert Koch

20
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Discovered penicillin in 1929 and published a paper on it

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Alexander Fleming

21
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Health minister. Overcame opposition to launch NHS 1948

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Aneurin Bevan

22
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Miasma theory

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belief that disease was caused by bad air

23
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First public health act is introduced

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1848

24
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Joseph Bazalgette begins building a series of sewers under London’s streets

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1858

25
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First liver transplant is carried out in America

A

1963

26
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Guy’s Hospital is founded in London

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1724

27
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Black death arrived in England

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1348

28
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Robert Koch’s work on the identification of tuberculosis in publicised in Britain

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1882

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