medicine just key dates and people Flashcards
1
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date?
black death kills 40% of the population
A
1348
2
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date?
versallius publishes his book on anatomy proving galen wrong?
A
1543
3
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date?
harvey publishes his book proving that the heart is a pump?
A
1628
4
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date?
great plague kills 100000 in london
A
1665
5
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date?
jenner creates a smallpox vaccination
A
1796
6
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date?
chadwick publishes his report on living conditions and public health of the poor
A
1842
7
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date?
pasteur publishes his germ theory
A
1861
8
Q
date?
koch proves germ theory by identifying antharax bacterium
A
1875
9
Q
date?
national insurance
A
1911
10
Q
date?
flemming discovers penicilin
A
1928
11
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date?
nhs begins
A
1948
