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When did Sir Humphry Davy discover laughing gas as an effective anaesthetic?

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1799

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When did JR Liston discover ether as an effective anaesthetic?

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1847

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When was carbolic acid spray discovered by Joseph lister as an effective anaesthetic?

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1867

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When did William Rontgen discover X-Rays?

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1895

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When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood groups?

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1901

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When did Erlich discover the first magic bullet ‘Salvarsan 606’ which was used to treat syphilis?

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1905

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When did Domagk discover the second magic bullet ‘Prontosil’?

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1932

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When was chloroform discovered by James Simpson as an effective anaesthetic?

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1847

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When did it become the law to be vaccinated against smallpox?

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1853

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When did Jenner invent the vaccination against smallpox?

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1796

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When did Louis Pasteur come up with his Germ Theory that opposes the Spontaneous generation theory?

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1861

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When was the first public health act that encourages reform?

When was the second public health act that enforces reform?

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1848

1875

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When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?

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1928

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When was the first heart transplant?

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1967

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When did William Beveridge write his ‘Beveridge Report’ on what should be done to improve people’s lives?

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1942

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Whe was the NHS introduced?

When was the NHS started?

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1946

1948

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When did Francis Crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA?

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1953

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When was the printing press invented?

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1445

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When was the Black Death?

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1348

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When was the great plague?

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1665

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When was the cholera epidemic?

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1831

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When did Edwin Chadwick report on the state of health of people in cities towns and villages?

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1842

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When did Ignaz Semmelweiss order students to wash their hands?

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1847

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When did John snow prove cholera was transmitted through dirty water?

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1854

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When did Queen Victoria publicly advocate the use of chloroform for birth of eighth child?

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1857

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When did Robert Koch discover bacterium causing anthrax?

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1881

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When were the Liberal Social Reforms made?

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1906-1914

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When was National Health Insurance introduced in Britain?

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1911

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