Lecture 1 - Science and Health Flashcards
1
Q
What four humours did hypocratics think created balanced health?
A
Blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm.
2
Q
What was the treatment for conditions before the post-industrial view?
A
Bleeding, purging and emetics
3
Q
What did John Snow discover?
A
That the Broad Street pump was creating illness due to dirty water.
4
Q
Who pioneered ‘Germ theory’?
A
John Lister
5
Q
Who discovered Penicillin?
A
Fleming and Florey & Chain
