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Public health- individuals

When did the mayor of coventry proclaim that every person had to clean the street in front of their house?

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1421

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Public health- individuals

How much did the mayor of coventry fine for not cleaning outside your house?

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12 p

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Public health- individuals

How many sewers did Joseph Bazalgette build?

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1 million

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Public health- individuals

How long were Joseph bazalgettes sewers and how much sewage did they remove?

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420 million gallons per day

83 miles

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Public health- individuals

When did Joseph Bazalgette begin building his sewers?

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1858

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Public health- individuals

When did smallpox vaccines become free for all infants?

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1840

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Public health- individuals

When did smallpox vaccines become compulsory for everyone?

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1853

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Public health- individuals

When and how much was Jenner given to continue his work?

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£10,000

1802

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Public health- individuals

When was the beverage report written?

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1942

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Public health- individuals

How many copies did the Beverage report sell?

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100,000

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Public health- Government

During the Black Death, when did king Edward III order people to clean streets?

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1348

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Public health- Government

When were the liberal reforms introduced?

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1906

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Public health- Government

What did the liberal reforms introduce?

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Pensions, free school meals, national insurance

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Public health - Government

When was the NHS created?

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1948

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Public health- Government

How much did life expectancy increase by after the NHS?

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66-83 for women

64-79 for men

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Public health- Government

During the great plague when did the mayor of london lock city gates?

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June 1665

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Public health- Government

During the great plague how long were people quarantined for?

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40 days

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Public health- Government

When was the sanitary act that made local governments responsible for public health?

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1866

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Public health- Government

When was the public health act introduced?

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1875

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Public health- Science

How many hospitals did Bagdad have by 1000?

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5

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Public health- Science

What was the name of Jenners book, written in 1798?

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“An inquiry into the causes and effects of cowpox”

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Public health- Science

When did John snow close water pumps in broad street?

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1854

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Public health- Science

How many people died from cholera leading to Snow closing water taps?

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700 people

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Surgery - Warfare

What war did John Arderne work in?

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100 years war

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Surgery - Warfare

What did Arderne create during the 100 year war to reduce cauterisation
?

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Ointment of hemlock, opium and henbane

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Surgery - Warfare

What war did Pare work in?

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Italian war

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Surgery - Warfare

Who invented crow beak clamp?

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Pare

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Surgery - Warfare

How much did florence nightingale cut the death rate from infection by during the Crimean war?

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40% to 2%

29
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Surgery - Warfare

When was the first blood bank set up for casualties?

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1915

30
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Surgery - Warfare

Compared from 1914 to 1916 how many people with broken femurs died?

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1914 - 80%

1916 - 20%

31
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Surgery - Warfare

How many donors for blood transfusions were there in WW2?

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700,000

32
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Surgery - Communication

What book did Vesalius publish which explained how the body worked?

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De Humani Corporis Fabrica

33
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Surgery - Communication

What book did Hunter publish?

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The natural history of teeth

34
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Surgery - Communication

When did Pasteur publish his book on germ theory?

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1861

35
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Surgery - Communication

Who did Pateurs’s work inspire which lead to him using carboxylic acid as an antiseptic?

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Lister

36
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Surgery - Communication

When was MIR scanning introduced by the NHS?

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1987

37
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Surgery - Individuals

Who was Abulcasis?

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Muslim surgeon who introduced many new ideas that were later brought to Europe

38
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Surgery - Individuals

Why was Da Vinci significant?

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Drew many scientific drawings that helped understand medicine eg the wound man

39
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Surgery - Individuals

Why was John Hunter important?

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Known for experimental surgery

1785 - aneurism surgery

40
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Surgery - Individuals

What did James Simpson do?

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First use of anaesthetic properly.

Used chloroform on queen vic in 1853

41
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Surgery - Individuals

What did Lister do?

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Introduced antiseptic surgery. Used carbolic acid (machine invented 1871). Death rates fell from 46% to 15% in 3 years

42
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Surgery - Individuals

What did Chamberland do?

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Invented steam sterilisier in 1881 to provide an aseptic environment.

43
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Surgery - Individuals

How much did penicillin reduce death rate among soldiers by in WW2?

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15%

44
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Surgery - Individuals

When was the first heart transplant?

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1967 by Barnard

45
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TOD - Individuals

How did Thomas Sydenham treat Malaria?

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Chinchona bark

46
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TOD - Individuals

When did Edward Jenner begin studying cowpox?

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1796 - James Phipps

47
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TOD - Individuals

When was streptomycin invented?

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1944

48
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TOD - Individuals

When did Pasteur work on chicken cholera?

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1880

49
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TOD - Individuals

When was pasteurisation invented?

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1862

50
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TOD - Individuals

When did Koch identify bacteria that caused TB?

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1882

51
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TOD - Individuals

When did Ehrlich develop Salvarsan 606?

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1910

52
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TOD - Individuals

When did James Lind cure scurvy?

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1753

53
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TOD - Chance

Did Bald’s Leechbook actually work?

A

Yes but not for thought reasons

54
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TOD - Religion

How did they treat people in the cholera epidemics of 1848 and 1854?

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4 Humors

55
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How many hospitals set up in medieval period?

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160

56
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How many villages disappeared because of the Black Death?

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1000

57
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What was William Harvey’s book called?

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“On the motion of the heart”

58
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When was the first foundling hospital opened?

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1741

59
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What did St lukes hospital treat?

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Mentally ill patients

60
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How many people died of the Great Plague of 1665?

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100,000 (25% of the population)

61
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By September 1665, how many people were dying of the plague every week?

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7000

62
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When did thomas Beecham make his first cold powder?

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1859

63
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In 1847 Liverpool, how many people shared 1 room?

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40

64
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What did Edwin Chadwick help to set up?

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The clean party in 1844

65
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In 1831 how many people died of Cholera?

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50,000

66
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How many soldiers were treated for skin grafts by Gilles after WW1

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5000

67
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How many men were identified with Shellshock?

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80,000

68
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How many people died worldwide of Spanish Flu?

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20-40 million

69
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How many Britons died of Spanish flu?

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280,000

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