Medicine Through Time Flashcards
What did Thomas Sydenham’s observation Medicae do?
Discovered the difference between measles and Scarlett fever and told doctors to observe the patients symptoms
Difference between vaccination and inoculation
Vaccination is a dead or weakened pathogen and inoculation is a small dose of the disease
Who discovered Penicillin?
Alexander Flemming
Salvarsan 606 was used to treat what?
Siffilus
What did Hypocrites do?
Theory of the 4 humours and the Hypocratic oath
What was created in 1660?
The royal society
What did William Harvey discover?
The circulatory system
What did government do in the modern period to prevent disease?
NHS, Vaccination programs
When and what was the Black Death
1348, plague
Who and when created the the first vaccine
1792, Edward Jenner
What was used to diagnose disease 1250-1500
Urine charts
What is Chloroform and who discovered it?
Anaesthetic- James Simpson
What did Florey and Chain do?
Developed penicillin
What did Joseph lister discover?
Carbolic acid
What did Galen do?
Theory of opposites
Who was the first person to dissect the human body?
Versailius
When and what was the great plague?
1665, plague
4 causes of disease 1250- 1500
God, astrology, 4 humours and Miasma
Who led the human genome project?
Watson and Crick
When was the NHS created?
1948
When was germ theory discovered?
1861
What was the governments attitude to disease in 1250-1750?
Laissez-faire
What is the theory of the 4 humours?
If one of the 4 humours is out of balance then that is what is wrong
When was the compulsory public health act introduced?
1875
Who would diagnose disease in 1250-1750?
Physicians
What did Robert Koch do?
Found which specific microbe caused disease
What new methods were used to diagnose disease in the modern period?
X-rays, MRI, medical machines
Who took photo 51?
Rosalin Franklin
What did Florence Nightingale do?
Improved care and sanitation in hospital
What new cause of disease appears 1500-1750?
Transference
