Medicine 1700-1900 (v1) Flashcards
When did Britain experience the most changes in medicine
18th and 19th centuries
Why were the most changes in the 18nth and 19nth centuries
-Industrial Revolution
-developments in technology
-change in gonvernment attitude
What happened to urban and rural areas in the Industrial Revolution
Many people moved from rural areas to urban areas to find work in factories, mills and mines
What was Londons population by 1900
4.5 million
Why were major cities becoming major places for diseases to spread
-They became overcrowded which led to poor quality housing.
-streets became full of waste
-without fresh water and a sewage system
What happened to the church’s influence on medicine by 1750
Churches classical ideas had lost influence and scientific ideas were much more accepted
What made people accept scientific ideas in 1750s
Growth of new technology and experiments such as microscopes and chemicals
-improvement in travelling
What was the gonverment like throughout most of 18th and 19th centuries
Laissez faire approach to medicine
How did the role of gonverment change
People began to accept that it was part of the governments role to look after the health of its people
-laissez faire to legislations
What is spontaneous generation
Theory that living things appeared from nothing
What is pasteurisation
Heating a liquid to kill bacteria to stop it going bad
What helped Pasteurs experiments
Swan neck flask
When was germ theory published
1861
What did germ theory state
Bacteria was cause of disease
Why wasn’t pasteurs germ theory impactful at the time
He was not able to identify the specific bacteria that caused disease
