KEY QUESTION 2 Flashcards
1
Q
PREVENTION
A
How to AVOID getting an illness in the first place
2
Q
METHODS OF PREVENTION = religion
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- church ordered people to take part in processions
- pray for forgiveness
- whipping to purify themselves in gods eyes
3
Q
METHODS OF PREVENTION = other attempts
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- don’t eat too much
- bathe in utile 3 times a day
- blood letting
- kill dogs and cats
- carry sweet smelling herbs
4
Q
Alchemy
A
Magic scientist
- searching for elixir of life - gullible people gave large amounts of money to alchemists
- mixtures made of distilled vinegar and medicines containing poisons
5
Q
Soothsayers
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- local wise woman
- supposedly able to see the future and see if you were going to get sick
- create special charms
6
Q
Example of a famous soothsayers
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Mother Shipton
7
Q
Barber surgeons
A
- pull out teeth
- set broken limbs
8
Q
Fads
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- vegetarianism & teetotalism
- cold water treatment
(bognor Regis, buxton & Brighton) - eat cooling foods and having cold water baths
9
Q
Child bed fever
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- infection after childbirth
10
Q
What did Alexander Gordon discover in the 1700s?
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- suggested medical practitioners should wash their hands and clothes before each patient
11
Q
Modern advancements in technology
A
- microscope
- stethoscope
- printing press
- kymograph
12
Q
What happened in 1854?
A
John Snow correctly identifies the cause of cholera
13
Q
John Snow and Cholera
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- identified cause of outbreak
- found broad street water pump
- took handle off pump, preventing people from using and therefore getting disease
14
Q
Edward Jenner
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- milk aids who had cowpox never had smallpox
- founded first vaccination
15
Q
Louis Pasteur
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- discovered germ theory
- proved bacteria caused disease
- created vaccine for rabies 1880
