medicine Flashcards
what were quacks?
people who sold fake cures often containing alcohol and/or opium
what did vesalius dissect?
humans
what did harvey discover?
circulation
what did pare do?
improved ideas of ligatures
what did edward jenner do?
discovered the concept of vaccination
what did barber surgeons do?
minor operations and haircuts
what were apothecaries?
people who sold medicine and herbs in towns
what were wise women?
midwives and used herbs
where was a lday of the house?
cared for those in household-rich
what was miasma?
the belief that bad smells caused illness
what did james lind do?
discovered cure for scurvy
who discovered germ theory?
pasteur
who discovered contact spread?
koch
who discovered penicillin?
fleming
who made magic bullets?
ehrlich
what is the defintion of ‘scientific method’?
the way science has been done since the 17th century
who invented vaccines?
pasteur
who invented the 1st anaesthesia?
james simpson
who improved hippocrates’ ideas and was relied upon in the middle ages?
galen
what did nightingale do?
majorly improved hygiene in crimean war hospitals and was first significant woman in medicine
what did florey and chain do?
developed penicillin
