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Medicine Through Time c.1250-Present > Key Dates > Flashcards

Key Dates Flashcards

1
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1348

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Black Death

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2
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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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4
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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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6
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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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8
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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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14
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1852

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Government make vaccination compulsory

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15
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1853

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Queen Victoria uses chloroform during childbirth

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16
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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

18
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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

21
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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

24
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1876

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Robert Koch identifies the first disease causing germs (anthrax)

25
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1878

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Pasteur’s germ theory of infection published

26
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1901

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Karl Landsteiner discovers first 3 blood groups

27
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1909

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Paul Ehrlich develops first magic bullet, Salvarsan 606

28
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1928

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Flemming discovers penicillin

29
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1932

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second magic bullet is developed, Prontosil

30
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1941

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Florey and Chain carry out first human trials of penicillin

31
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1942

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US beings to mass produce penicillin

32
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1942

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First government vaccination campaign

33
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1948

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NHS introduced

34
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1953

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Watson and Crick discover DNA

35
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1990

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Human genome project begins

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

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