medicine Flashcards
avicenna medieval
wrote “canon of medicine” and beloved in natural remedies for curing
rhaze medieval
fever was a natural way of the body healing, considered allergies, write “el hawi”
barber surgeons medical
minor operations, rich ppl
herbal remedy
chamomile tea and lavender to cure headaches
how many churches set up between 12-13th century
160
what did churches do in medieval
people would be clothed, well fed, bathed and expected to pray
who ran medieval hospitals
monks n nuns
what % of children died before 7 in medieval
30%
what did mayor of coventry do medieval
men had to clean streets or 12p fine
treatments for black death
avoid baths as opens pores, bathe in urine 3 times a day and drink it once, prey
what happened to population in black death
halved in 1400 from 100 years before
vesalius early modern
challenged galen by dissecting humans, published “de humani corporis “ explained how muscles n nerves worked act
pare early modern
ran out of cauterising oil so used turpentine egg yolk and oil of roses, wrote “les oevures”
william harvey early modern
on motion of heart, animals found out blood was in circular motion
john hunter early modern
dealt w gun shot wounds, learn abt anatomy, “natural history of teeth”
edward jenner early modern
immunity and vaccines, ppl w cow pox immune to small pox, given 10,000, polio wipes out
quackery early modern
sold medicines that didn’t work ( container opium and alchol)
early modern 1700 hoe many new hospitals
14
1800 how many patients treated per year
20,000
causes of great plague early modern
fleas on rats, london was dirty which was perfect breeding spot for rats
result of black death
25% of population died, 3/4 of a mil nationwide,100,000 ppl
19th louis pasteur
created germ theory by linking disease es w germs, pasteurisation safer food n drink, microorganisms responsible for diseases
19 koch
linked particular germs to diseases, identified bacteria for cholera and tb
19 erlich
researched chemo therapy (chemical drugs), treated syphlisus, created antibiotics
joseph lister 19
carbolic acid sterilise (46-15% dr in three years
james simpson 19
chloroform for child birth, queen victoria has it
john snow 19
claimed cholera was spread by dirty water, found pump causing deaths
life expectancy 19
rich 46 labour 16
what was added to milk and food 19
chalk powder in milk and food
how many ppl shared one room in lover pool 19
40
improvements in hospitals 19
cleaner (carbolic acid) germ free, trained , florence nightingale gale
when and what was public health act 1 19
1848, government took over sewage n water
bazalgette sewers act when and what
1858 underground tunnels to remove human waste , 83 miles of sewers
alexander fleming 20
penicillin, 15% of soldiers would of died if they didn’t have it
florey and chain 20
started producing penicillin, ww11 200000 soldiers treated
booth and rowntree 20
found 32% lived below porvery, 82% bec of low wages n unemployment
harold gullies 20
treated facial injuries, 50,000 had skin grafts
karl landsteiner 20
different blood groups to match donors, 700000 donors used
when was nhs set up
1948
when was ct and mri scan made
1987
when was dna discovered
1953
when was human genome project
1990
why don’t ppl like science n tech 20
don’t agree w clones and choosing sec of ur baby
what did government do 20
free school meals, pension acts, national insurance act
what is keyhole surgery
small cameras to do surgery through small cuts instead of big wounds
