Medicine cards Flashcards
In what year was the ‘Great stink’ in London?
1858
True/false: people understood disease better than they had done in 1348 when the Great Plague returned in 1665?
False
-What disease did Pasteur first use his vaccination ideas to treat a human for?
Rabies.
What is surgery and anatomy the story of?
The story of people’s knowledge through History of the human body plus how operations have changed and improved over time.
What did Edward Jenner discover?
Smallpox vaccination using cowpox
In what year and period did James Simpson discover the anaesthetic properties of chloroform?
1847 - industrial
What medical options were available to unwell people during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?
Barber-surgeons, Apothecaries, Wise-women, Quacks.
What was John of Aderne famous for?
Being a fantastic English surgeon, the manual of surgery he wrote called ‘Practica,’ using opium and henbane to dull pain in surgery and forming the Guild of Surgeons in London in 1368.
How did Harvey use vivisection on animals to prove his theories?
He dissected live, cold blooded animals whose hearts beat very slowly. This meant that he could see the movements of each muscle in the heart.
What was the main difference between the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts?
The first was voluntary, the second was compulsory.
What idea of Galen’s did Harvey prove wrong?
That blood was made in the liver to replace that which was burnt up by the body.
What are the years of the Industrial period?
1750-1900
What is an epidemic?
A disease which spreads widely, harms/kills lots of people and is very difficult to stop.
Define natural explanations of disease.
Explanations based on physical evidence, observation and scientific deduction (even if the science is wrong).
Why is John Hunter famous in the History of medicine?
He was a famous army surgeon and later surgeon to King George III, he published helpful books such as ‘On venereal disease’ which he researched by operating on himself, he proved that gonorrhea ad syphilis were different diseases, he had a collection of 3000 preserved specimens including an Irish giant.
Why might someone trying to avoid the Black Death sit in a sewer?
Because the smell there would be worse than the bad smells that they thought would bring the Black Death.
What invention of 1451 was as important to communications as the internet in modern times?
The printing press.
What are the factors we use in the History of Medicine?
Religion, Chance, War, Individuals, Science & Technology , Communications.
What was wound man?
A diagram used to instruct surgeons in the Middle Ages how to treat various battlefield injuries.
True or false: in the Middle Ages people started to believe in astrological reasons for illness?
True.
How many hospitals did the Christian church build in England between 1000 and 1500?
700
What famous book did Avicenna write?
The Canon of Medicine
-When did John Snow discover the link between cholera and dirty water?
1854.
What is a fun and memorable poem for remembering the first letter of each of the time periods (in the right order)?
People Eat Green Rolos During Rows In Turkey
What name is given to the type of doctor who performs operations?
Surgeon
What was the book published by Vesalius called?
The Fabric of the Human Body.
What are the three themes comprising the History of Medicine?
Disease and infection, surgery and anatomy, public health.
-What did Edwin Chadwick’s discovery lead to being passed?
The 1848 Public Health act?
In a Christian church hospital of the Middle Ages, who would treat your illness?
Nobody. Christians believed God would cure you, they only made you comfortable and prayed for you.
Which theme is John Hunter connected to?
Surgery and Anatomy.
Why was Galen so popular with the Christian church?
He taught his students that the human body fitted together in a well designed whole. This suggested that a greater being (God) had designed the human body. That’s why Christians liked him.
What is an epidemic?
A disease which spreads widely, harms/kills lots of people and is very difficult to stop.