MEDICINE - My Mistakes Flashcards
Which respected English doctor disagreed with Pasteurs ideas?
Henry Bastian - This made germ theory extremely slow to gain acceptance.
In 1882, Robert Koch identified the germs that cause which illness?
Tuberculosis - he then published ideas on the methods used to identify disease causing microbes.
What year did the John Snow cholera epidemic happen?
1854
How much money was given to create the new sewage system and when did it finish?
£3 millions
1875 (18 years to complete)
What was “laissez faire”?
A policy of minimum governmental interference in economic affairs. This was the governmental stance laid down before parliament passed an act for the sewers to be redesigned.
How many people died during WW1?
2.7 million.
RAMC motto?
“Faithful in Adversity”
Operated very close to front line, stretcher bearers regularly went into No-Mans Land
What trench was 80m behind front line?
Support Trench.
How far back was the reserve trenches?
Around 100m behind the support trench.
Where did the field ambulances operate?
Dressing Stations,
They could deal with 150 wounded men or more.
In 1916, The FANY were first able to do this?
Drive Ambulances.
They were used to transport troops by ambulance to calais
Who were the VADS?
Women (aprox. 50,000) helped the War Efforts. Short for Voluntary Aid Detachment.
They would be beside the dying soldiers for comfort.
How many people died from gas attacks?
6,000 soldiers.
Many who suffered the gas attacks never fully recovered.
Describe Mustard Gas?
Odourless.
Worked within 12 hours
Caused both external and internal blisters
Burnt the skin.
How many people were treated for shell shock at CraigLockHart Hospital in Edinburgh?
2000
At the time, it was not fully understood. Many were treated by electric shocks to “rewire their brains”.
It was eventually found that talking about their experiece was the most useful therapy.
