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The Middle Ages AD 1000-1500

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Medieval

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Metallic objects that fly out of a bomb as it explodes

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Shrapnel

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A drug given to patients to put them into a deep sleep so that they can feel no pain.

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Anaesthetic

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Government funded health care which is funded by taxes.

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National Health Service (NHS)

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A drug used to kill bacteria that causes infection. The first was penicillin.

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Antibiotic

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To burn a wound in order to prevent infection and access bleeding.

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Cauterise

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Chemicals used to kill bacteria and prevent infection.

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Antiseptics

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An early type of anaesthetic.

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Chloroform

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Germs that cause infection and disease.

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Bacteria / microbe

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The ability of an organism to resist disease.

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Immunity

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A disease carried in water that has been contaminated by sewage.

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Cholera

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Inflammation of the lungs caused by an infection.

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Pneumonia

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Giving fresh blood to a patient to replace lost blood through injury or operation.

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Blood transfusion

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To cut open a body and examine the insides.

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Dissect

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A doctor who performs operations.

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Surgeon

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Herbal remedies that were sold in shops and were protected by a patent which meant no one else could copy them.

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Patent medicines

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To inject a person with a tiny amount of bacteria do that the body can develop immunity toward the disease it carries without side-effects.

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Inoculate

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A place where sewage collects.

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Cesspool or cesspit

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Someone who is skilled in dealing with pregnancies and childbirth.

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Midwife

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Treatment of a disease such as cancer, using chemicals.

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Chemotherapy

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Something that is injected into the body to make the body produce antibodies which will protect it against disease.

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Vaccine

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A germ free state.

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Aseptic

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The particular type of blood in the person. A blood transfusion can only be successful if both patients share the same blood type.

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Blood group

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The passing of a disease from one person to another.

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Contagion

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Excited and confused as a result of a high fever.

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Delirious

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The doctors opinion about what is wrong with a patient.

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Diagnosis

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The smallest part of an organism that is able to function on its own.

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Cell

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A disease that spreads quickly to many people.

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Epidemic

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The Ancient Greeks believed that the body contained four ‘humours’ of liquids : blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.

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Four humours

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A section of DNA that contains information about a particular characteristic. E.G. Hair colour.

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Gene

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Changing the way genes work in the body.

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Genetic engineering

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The health of the general population. It also means measures taken to improve the health of the population such as providing clean water.

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Public health

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An army unit which contained between 800 and 1000 men.

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Battalion

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A lucky object believed to have magical powers.

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Charm

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The length of time a person is expected to live.

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Life expectancy

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An item used to the off blood vessels to prevent excess bleeding.

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Ligature

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A disease carried by mosquitoes.

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Malaria

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The parts that make up the body.

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Anatomy

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A particle living in the cells of animals that causes disease.

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Germ

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Proteins produced in the blood to fight harmful organisms.

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Antibodies

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To watch carefully.

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Observe

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The time before the birth of Christ.

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BC

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Anno Domini, used to describe date after the birth of Christ.

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AD

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A serious disease past to humans by the fleas carried on rats. ( the word was also used in early times to mean any serious illness)

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Plague

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Releasing blood from a cut made in the patient’s body in order to restore the balance of the body’s humours.

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Bleeding

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A micro-organism that causes disease.

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Virus

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A piece of skin removed from one part of the body to repair an injury or burn somewhere else on the body.

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Skin graft

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Something that cures sickness.

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Remedy

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A big change in the way people live and work, or in the way they are governed.

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Revolution

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To cut off a damaged arm, leg, hand or foot.

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Amputation

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The system introduced during WW2 to make sure food was shared fairly.

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Rationing

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A very poor housing area with few or no services such as running water or toilets.

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Slums

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A serious disease which was a common killer until a vaccine was discovered in the late 18th century.

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Smallpox

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Carbolic acid, used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.

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Carbolic spray

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Treating a patient and performing an operation on them.

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Surgery

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From Brazil was prescribed for dysentery and used to make people vomit.

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Ipecac

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The idea that illness can be transferred from a person to an object.

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Transference

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Making a large quantity of something using modern factory methods.

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Mass production

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A company that develops and produces medicine.

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Pharmaceutical company

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An official license which stops others from making the same product.

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A patent

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A shallow circular dish used to study bacteria.

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Petri dish

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A furry growth from rotting material in moist, warm conditions.

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Mould

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Official testing of a medicine in a controlled environment.

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Clinical trial

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NOK

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Next of kin

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GSW

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Gun shot wound

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PUO

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Pyrexia of unknown origin

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GH

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General hospital

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NYDN

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Not yet diagnosed - nervous ( shell shock)

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BAY

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Bayonet

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ADM

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Admission

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MLD

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Mild

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FH

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Field hospital

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CCS

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Casualty clearing station

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SEV

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Severe

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The route that injured soldiers would have taken on their way to the correct care.

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Evacuation route

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A system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needed most urgent attention.

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Triage

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Decaying body tissue cause by a lack of blood to the body part.

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Gangrene

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Large military guns which fire high powered explosives and missiles.

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Artillery

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A term used to describe the missiles and bombs fired by artillery.

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Shells

80
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An infection caused by bacteria which poisons the body.

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Tetanus

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A gun, with a long barrel which can fire long distances.

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Rifle

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