Key People Flashcards
What were hospitals like before Florence Nightingale?
●Cramped and stuffy
●Few toilets
●Sewage system was poor
●Nursing staff weren’t trained and often dirty and drunk
What improvements did Florence make?
●Help funds be raised for nursing schools so nurses could learn
●Make sure there was good sanitation,ventilation and food supplies
●Clothing
●Washing facilities for patients
●Buildings made from materials that can be cleaned easily
What were the changes Florence made to the way nurses were trained?
●1860-school of nurses
●Rigerous training
What did Sir William Beveridge set up?
Set up the NHS
What time period was William Harvey?
Renaissance
What did William Harvey discover?
Heart pumped blood around the body, disapproved the 4 humours
Was wiliam Harvey’s discovery’s cause, treatment or prevention?
Cause - heart pumps blood around body
What time period was Alexander Fleming?
Modern
What did Alexander Fleming discover?
Penicillin
Was Alexander Flemings discovery cause treatment or prevention?
Treatment - discovered penucillin
How can you remember Alexander Fleming?
Fleming = flemicillin= he discovered penicillin
What time period was Edward Jenner?
Industrial
What did Edward Jenner create?
Vaccine (for small pox)
Was Edwards Jenners contribution, prevention, cause or treatment?
Prevention - vaccine
How do you remember Edward Jenner?
Kylie Jenner and all her botox injections = injections are vaccines
What did Galen discover?
Anatomy, theory of opposites, the four humours
What time period was Galen?
Medieval
What was Galens discovery, cause, treatment or prevention?
Four humours = cause
Theory of opposites = treatment
What did Joseph Lister create?
Carbolic acid which is an antiseptic
What time period was Joseph Lister?
Renaissance
Was Joseph Listers creation prevention, cause or treatment?
Prevention - antiseptic to clean wounds
How do you remember Joseph Lister?
Lister = listerine which is a mouth wash which gets rid of bacteria like an antiseptic
Was Sir William Beveridges contribution prevention, cause or treatment?
Treatment - NHS
What time period was Sir William Beveridge?
Modern