Late 18th-19th Century Health& Medicine

Question 1

What body was set up in 1858 to oversee the medical profession as a result of scandals

Answer 1

The general medical council

Question 2

What is the word for a hole in the ground for human waste

Answer 2

Cesspit

Question 3

What word describes the practice of making sure there are no bacteria/source of infection

Answer 3

Aseptic

Question 4

What great painkiller went on sale in 1899

Answer 4

Asperin

Question 5

What was nitrous oxide used for

Answer 5

Anaesthetic/pain relief

Question 6

What was unique about the new hospital for women and children set up in 1872

Answer 6

It was staffed entirely by women

Question 7

What is bacillus

Answer 7

A disease causing bacterium

Question 8

Which female pioneer led the way for women to become doctors

Answer 8

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Question 9

What is the Lancet

Answer 9

A medical journal

Question 10

What word best describes the relief of pain in surgical procedures

Answer 10

Anaesthetics

Question 11

What was the mortality rate as a percentage from surgery in 1800

Answer 11

40%

Question 12

In what decade did the Crimean war occur

Answer 12

1850s

Question 13

What percentage of volunteers (in some towns) for the Boer war were found to be unfit for service in 1899

Answer 13

90%

Question 14

What word describes the practice of making sure there are no bacteria or source of infection in an environment

Answer 14

Aseptic

Question 15

What stops bacteria growing in a wound

Answer 15

Antiseptics

Question 16

What’s laudanum

Answer 16

An anaesthetic/pain relief

Question 17

What was the survival rate as a percentage from surgery in 1900

Answer 17

90%

Question 18

Who responded to Sophia jex blakes advert to join her to apply to study medicine at the university of Edinburgh

Answer 18

The Edinburgh seven