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Key Individuals: Medicine Through Time Flashcards

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What period did Hippocrates live in?

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Ancient Greece

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When did Hippocrates live?

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460BC-370BC

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What is Hippocrates known for?

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-Theory of the Four Humours
-Hippocratic Oath
-‘Father of Modern Medicine’

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What period did Galen live in?

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Ancient Rome

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When did Galen live?

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130AD-216AD

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What is Galen known for?

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-Theory of Opposites (an extension of Hippocrates’ 4 Humours)
-Hundreds of books on anatomy

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What period did Andreas Vesalius live in?

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Renaissance

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When did Andreas Vesalius live?

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16th century

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What is Andreas Vesalius known for?

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-Work on anatomy, disproving many of Galen’s old theories.
-Fabrica, 1543

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What period was William Harvey?

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Renaissance

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When did William Harvey live?

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16th and 17th century

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What is William Harvey known for?

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-Discovery of blood circulation system, 1628.
-Disproved Galen’s theory that blood was made in the liver.

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What period did Thomas Sydenham live in?

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Renaissance

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When did Thomas Sydenham live?

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1624-1689

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What is Thomas Sydenham known for?

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-Stressed the importance of observing and recording symptoms
-Argued that the Four Humours theory was wrong.
-‘English Hippocrates’

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What period did Antony van Leeuwenhoek live in?

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Renaissance

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When did Antony van Leeuwenhoek live?

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17th-18th century

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What is Antony van Leeuwenhoek known for?

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-Observing ‘animalcules’ (bacteria) through a microscope
-Improved the microscope
-‘Father of Microbiology’

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What period did Henry VIII live in?

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Renaissance

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When did Henry VIII live?

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15th-16th century

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What is Henry VIII known for?

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-King 1509-47
-Split from Catholic Church and closed the monasteries in the 1530s, leading to most hospitals closing.

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What period did Charles II live in?

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Renaissance

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When did Charles II live?

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17th century

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What is Charles II known for?

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-King 1660-85
-Keen supporter of Royal Society
-Died in 1685 after bleeding and purging failed to cure him.

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What period did Louis Pasteur live in?

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Industrial

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When did Louis Pasteur live?

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19th century

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What is Louis Pasteur known for?

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-Germ theory, 1861
-Germ theory of infection, 1878
-Vaccines for chicken cholera, anthrax and rabies (1870s)

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What period did Robert Koch live in?

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Industrial

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29
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When did Robert Koch live?

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19th-20th century

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What is Robert Koch known for?

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-Expanded Pasteur’s work by identifying the individual bacteria which cause diseases.
-Identified anthrax (1876), TB (1882) and Cholera (1883)

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What period did Edward Jenner live in?

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Industrial

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When did Edward Jenner live?

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18th and 19th century

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What is Edward Jenner known for?

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-Developed the first vaccination for smallpox in the 1790s
-Encouraged Parliament to develop vaccination futher.

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What period did James Simpson live in?

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Industrial

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When did James Simpson live?

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19th century

36
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What is James Simpson known for?

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-Discovery of chloroform as an anaesthetic, 1847
-Helped to solve the problem of pain during surgery.

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What period did Joseph Lister live in?

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Industrial

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When did Joseph Lister live?

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19th and 20th century

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What is Joseph Lister known for?

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-Development of antiseptic surgery, beginning with carbolic spray in 1865.
-Helped to solve problem of infection during surgery.
-Based his ideas on Pasteur’s germ theory work.

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What period did Florence Nightingale live in?

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Industial

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When did Florence Nightingale live?

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19th and 20th century

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What is Florence Nightingale known for?

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-Nursing work during Crimean War (1854-6)
-Notes on Nursing, 1859
-School of Nursing, 1860
-Encouraged better hospital design and conditions.

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What period did John Snow live in?

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Industrial

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When did John Snow live?

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19tn century

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What is John Snow known for?

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-Broad Street pump experiment (1854) which proved cholera was spread by dirty water.
-Famous anaesthetist - gave Victoria chloroform in 1853.

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What period did Edwin Chadwick live in?

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Industrial

47
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When did Edwin Chadwick live?

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19th century

48
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What is Edwin Chadwick known for?

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-Wrote ‘On the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Classes in 1842’
-Encouraged more government action on public health.

49
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What period did Paul Ehrlich live in?

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Modern Britain

50
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When did Paul Ehrlich live?

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19th-20th century

51
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What is Paul Ehrlich known for?

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-Worked as part of Robert Koch’s research team.
-Developed the first magic bullet, Salvarsan 606, in 1909.

52
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What period did Karl Landsteiner live in?

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Modern Britain

53
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When did Karl Landsteiner live?

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19th-20th century

54
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What is Karl Landsteiner known for?

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-Discovered the first blood groups in 1900
-Co-discovered the polio virus in 1909.

55
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What period did Alexander Fleming live in?

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Modern Britain

56
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When did Alexander Fleming live?

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19th-20th century

57
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What is Alexander Fleming known for?

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-Discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928
-Shared a Nobel Prize with Florey and Chain, 1945

58
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What period did Howard Florey live in?

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Modern Britain

59
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When did Howard Florey live?

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19th century

60
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What is Howard Florey known for?

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-Carried out the first human trials of penicillin in 1941, with Ernst Chain.
-Persuaded companies in the US to start mass-producing penicillin

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What period did Ernst Chain live in?

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Modern Britain

62
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When did Ernst Chain live?

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20th century

63
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What is Ernst Chain known for?

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-Carried out the first human trials of penicillin in 1941 with Howard Florey.

64
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What period did William Beveridge live in?

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Modern Britain

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When did William Beveridge live?

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1879-1963

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What is William Beveridge known for?

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-1942, Beveridge Report, which created the basis for the welfare state
-Suggested the setting up of a national health service, paid for by taxes.

67
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What period
did Aneurin Bevan live in?

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Modern Britian

68
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When did Aneurin Bevan live?

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19th-20th century

69
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What is Aneurin Bevan known for?

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-Minister of Health (1945-51)

70
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What period did James Watson live in?

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Modern Britain

71
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When did James Watson Live?

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1928-Present

72
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What is James Watson known for?

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-Discovered the structure of DNA with Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins in 1953.
-Helped established the Human Genome Project (1990)

73
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What period did Francis Crick live in?

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Modern Britain

74
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When did Francis Crick live?

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20th-21st century

75
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What is Francis Crick known for?

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-Discovered the structure of DNA with James Watson, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins in 1953.

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