Medicine Dates And Medicines Flashcards
In what year was the Black Death?
1348
When was the renaissance period?
1500-1700
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
He challenged the old ideas of Galen and proved the old theories wrong
How did medieval society think disease was spread?
Miasma
Punishment from god
Bad smelling people and homes
How did the royal society encourage new ideas?
Used a new printing press to publish their ideas
They met weekly to discuss medicine and botany
What book did Vesalius write?
De humani corporis fabrica
What did william Harvey do?
He worked out that the heart acted like a pump and pumps blood around the body.
He also found out that cables allowed the blood to flow in a one way system.
When was the great plague?
1665
What did Jenner do?
He created a vaccination to cure smallpox
When did Edward jenner publish his ideas
1798
What was pasteurs germ theory?
He thought that germs spread through the air and used a swan neck flask to see all of the germs that got caught in the neck
What did Bacteria did Robert Koch find?
1882- tb
1883-cholera
1884- tetanus
What were the first anaesthetics used?
1799- laughing gas
1846- ether
1847-chloroform
What is the black period?
There was higher death rates because people were doing more complex surgeries
What did Joseph lister do?
He created the first antiseptic for surgery the carbolic acid spray
1867
