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1
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1348

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Black Death

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1440

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Printing Press invented

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3
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1536

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Dissolution of the monasteries

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1543

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Versalius ‘Fabric of the human body published’

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5
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1628

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William Harvey discovers circulation of blood

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1660

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Royal Society founded

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7
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1665

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Great Plague

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1666

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The great fire of London

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9
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1676

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Thomas Sydenham publishes his book ‘observationes medicae’

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10
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1796

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Edward Jenner develops first vaccination

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11
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1842

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Edwin Chadwick publishes a report about the poor health of the working class

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12
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1847

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James simpson discovers chloroform anaesthetic

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13
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1848

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First public health act

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1852

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Government make vaccination compulsory

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1853

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Queen Victoria uses chloroform during childbirth

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1854

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cholera epidemic in London, John snow proves that is spread by dirty water

17
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1854 (crimean war)

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Florence nightingale worked as a nurse

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1858

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The great stink in London

19
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1859

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Florence nightingale’s book published ‘Notes on nursing’

20
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1860

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Nightingales school of nursing founded

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1861

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Louis Pasteurs publishes germ theory

22
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1865

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Joseph Lister first uses carbolic acid

23
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1875

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Second public health act

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1876

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Robert Koch identifies the first disease causing germs (anthrax)

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1878
Pasteur's germ theory of infection published
26
1901
Karl Landsteiner discovers first 3 blood groups
27
1909
Paul Ehrlich develops first magic bullet, Salvarsan 606
28
1928
Flemming discovers penicillin
29
1932
second magic bullet is developed, Prontosil
30
1941
Florey and Chain carry out first human trials of penicillin
31
1942
US beings to mass produce penicillin
32
1942
First government vaccination campaign
33
1948
NHS introduced
34
1953
Watson and Crick discover DNA
35
1990
Human genome project begins

Medicine Through Time c.1250-Present (6 decks)

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