Medicine Dates

Question 1

When did Louis Pasteur create germ theory

Answer 1

1861

Question 2

when was the discovery made by Jospeh Lister on carbolic acid

Answer 2

1865

Question 3

when did james blundell carry out early blood transfusions

Answer 3

1818

Question 4

When did James Simpson discover chloroform

Answer 4

1847

Question 5

When was nitrous oxide discovered/used

Answer 5

1844

Question 6

when was ether used

Answer 6

1846

Question 7

when was the black period of surgery

Answer 7

1846-1870

Question 8

when did ignaz semmelweis’ understanding of infection increase

Answer 8

1840

Question 9

when were aseptic operations most commonly carried out

Answer 9

1900s

Question 10

50% of transfusions were successful before….

Answer 10

1901

Question 11

When did Karl landsteiner discover A,B and O blood groups

Answer 11

1901

Question 12

When did Karl Landsteiner discover the blood group AB

Answer 12

1902

Question 13

When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood type O was universal

Answer 13

1907

Question 14

When did Lawrence Robertson develop a method of transferring blood using a syringe and tube

Answer 14

1915

Question 15

what year did Richard Weil discover blood could be stored for up to 2 days

Answer 15

1915

Question 16

when were clearing stations used in order to store blood

Answer 16

1917

Question 17

what year did Francis Rous and James Turner extended the storage time from 2 days to 4 weeks if it was refrigerated

Answer 17

1916

Question 18

When were x-rays invented

Answer 18

1895

Question 19

When were x-rays used in hospitals

Answer 19

1896

Question 20

What year were Brodie Helmets introduced to help prevent head injuries

Answer 20

1915

Question 21

In ………….. 52% of children in Manchester died before the age of 5.

Answer 21

1842

Question 22

What year was the report called ‘sanitary conditions of the labouring population’ released

Answer 22

1842

Question 23

When was the first public health act

Answer 23

1848

Question 24

In what year did only 50 towns have a medical officer

Answer 24

1872

Question 25

when were the cholera outbreaks

Answer 25

1831,1848,1853,1865

Question 26

when was the cause of cholera discovered

Answer 26

1854

Question 27

when did John Snow present his observations of cholera and suggested a new sewer system

Answer 27

1855

Question 28

when was the great stink

Answer 28

1858

Question 29

when was the sewers opened

Answer 29

1865

Question 30

when was the sanitary act

Answer 30

1866

Question 31

when was the 2nd Public health act

Answer 31

1875

Question 32

when was the liberal reforms

Answer 32

1906

Question 33

what year was the free meals act

Answer 33

1906

Question 34

when was free medical inspections introduced

Answer 34

1907

Question 35

when was the childrens act

Answer 35

1908

Question 36

when was 'old age pension' introduced

Answer 36

1908

Question 37

When was Labour exchanges developed

Answer 37

1909

Question 38

When was the national insurance act

Answer 38

1911

Question 39

when was the new towns act

Answer 39

1946

Question 40

when was the national insurance act

Answer 40

1946

Question 41

When was the NHS

Answer 41

1948

Question 42

When was the beveridge report

Answer 42

1942

Question 43

when were the clean air acts

Answer 43

1952 and 1956

Question 44

when was the chicken cholera vaccine discovered

Answer 44

1879

Question 45

when did Marie Curie discover Radium and Polonium

Answer 45

1898

Question 46

when did they find that specific bacteria caused anthrax

Answer 46

1876

Question 47

when did they find that specific bacteria caused tuberculosis

Answer 47

1882

Question 48

when did they find that specific bacteria caused cholera

Answer 48

1883

Question 49

when did paul ehrlich suggest that some chemicals kill specific germs

Answer 49

1900

Question 50

when did paul ehrlich and sahachiro hata discover salversan 606

Answer 50

1909

Question 51

when did Gerhard Domagk discover protonsil cures blood poisoning

Answer 51

1932

Question 52

when was protonsil first used

Answer 52

1935

Question 53

when was penicillin discovered

Answer 53

1928

Question 54

when did Fleming publish his discoveries about penicillin

Answer 54

1929

Question 55

when was the crimean war

Answer 55

1853-56

Question 56

when did florence nightingale go to scutari

Answer 56

1854

Question 57

when did florence nightingale publish 'notes on nursing'

Answer 57

1859

Question 58

when did florence nightingal set up a nursing training school

Answer 58

1860

Question 59

when was the law passed that said that women should not be prevented from becoming doctors

Answer 59

1876

Question 60

When did Elizabeth Garrett Anderson become a member of the British Medical Association

Answer 60

1873

Question 61

when was the FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) founded

Answer 61

1907