Key Dates Flashcards
1
Q
1348
A
Black Death
2
Q
1440
A
Printing Press invented
3
Q
1536
A
Dissolution of the monasteries
4
Q
1543
A
Versalius ‘Fabric of the human body published’
5
Q
1628
A
William Harvey discovers circulation of blood
6
Q
1660
A
Royal Society founded
7
Q
1665
A
Great Plague
8
Q
1666
A
The great fire of London
9
Q
1676
A
Thomas Sydenham publishes his book ‘observationes medicae’
10
Q
1796
A
Edward Jenner develops first vaccination
11
Q
1842
A
Edwin Chadwick publishes a report about the poor health of the working class
12
Q
1847
A
James simpson discovers chloroform anaesthetic
13
Q
1848
A
First public health act
14
Q
1852
A
Government make vaccination compulsory
15
Q
1853
A
Queen Victoria uses chloroform during childbirth