Key Dates To Remember Flashcards
When did Sir Humphry Davy discover laughing gas as an effective anaesthetic?
1799
When did JR Liston discover ether as an effective anaesthetic?
1847
When was carbolic acid spray discovered by Joseph lister as an effective anaesthetic?
1867
When did William Rontgen discover X-Rays?
1895
When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood groups?
1901
When did Erlich discover the first magic bullet ‘Salvarsan 606’ which was used to treat syphilis?
1905
When did Domagk discover the second magic bullet ‘Prontosil’?
1932
When was chloroform discovered by James Simpson as an effective anaesthetic?
1847
When did it become the law to be vaccinated against smallpox?
1853
When did Jenner invent the vaccination against smallpox?
1796
When did Louis Pasteur come up with his Germ Theory that opposes the Spontaneous generation theory?
1861
When was the first public health act that encourages reform?
When was the second public health act that enforces reform?
1848
1875
When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
1928
When was the first heart transplant?
1967
When did William Beveridge write his ‘Beveridge Report’ on what should be done to improve people’s lives?
1942
Whe was the NHS introduced?
When was the NHS started?
1946
1948
When did Francis Crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA?
1953
When was the printing press invented?
1445
When was the Black Death?
1348
When was the great plague?
1665
When was the cholera epidemic?
1831
When did Edwin Chadwick report on the state of health of people in cities towns and villages?
1842
When did Ignaz Semmelweiss order students to wash their hands?
1847
When did John snow prove cholera was transmitted through dirty water?
1854
