Medicine Through Time

Question 1

What was the method called to avoid small pox?
And how was it preformed?

Answer 1

inoculation.
It was preformed by making a small incision into the skin and inserting a small pox scab into the incision in hopes to allow the immune system to build immunity against small pox.

Question 2

How much did the parliment grant Edward Jenner to open a vaccination clinic in London?

Answer 2

30,000.

Question 3

In which year did the smallpox vaccine become compulsory?

Answer 3

1852.

Question 4

In what year did the government start issuing fines for parents with kids who were not vaccinated against smallpox?

Answer 4

1871.

Question 5

what was the 1840 vaccination act about?

Answer 5

made vaccinations free of charge and banned inoculation.

Question 6

what was the 1853 vaccination act about?

Answer 6

made it compulsory for all children to be vaccinated against smallpox fines were introduced if parents failed to arrange vaccinations.

Question 7

what was the 1867-1871 vaccination act about?

Answer 7

made the fines more harsh and made inoculation punishable with prison sentences.

Question 8

what method did Pasteur use to kill germs in beer and make it safe to drink?

Answer 8

by heating it up.

Question 9

what experiment did Pasteur conduct and what did it.

Answer 9

Pasteur used a swan neck flask which allowed air to pass through the swan neck but not dust and germs. The air that came in contact with the liquid was clear of germs so no decay happened. This disproved spontaneous generation.

Question 10

what is the spontaneous generation theory?

Answer 10

spontaneous generation theory stated that living organisms can arise from no living matter.

Question 11

what year was spontaneous generation disproved?

Answer 11

1858.

Question 12

what disease did Koch study that affect sheep and humans?

Answer 12

anthrax.

Question 13

what colour was the dye that Koch used to stain bacteria?

Answer 13

purple.

Question 14

what did the purple dye prove in Kochs study?

Answer 14

he proved specific germs caused specific diseases.

Question 15

in what year did Pasteur prove his theory and publish his work?

Answer 15

1864.

Question 16

what diseases did Koch discover using colour dye?

Answer 16

Cholera.
Anthrax.
TB.

Question 17

When was the public health act passed?

Answer 17

1848.

Question 18

how was cholera spread?.

Answer 18

Water Born.

Question 19

Who proved cholera was spread by water?

Answer 19

John Snow.

Question 20

What was the miasma theory?

Answer 20

When diseases where “caught” by bad smelling air.

Question 21

When was the “Great Stink”?

Answer 21

1858.

Question 22

How many miles of main sewage were built?

Answer 22

83 miles.

Question 23

what year was the project of main sewers completed?

Answer 23

1875.

Question 24

what year was the reform act passed?

Answer 24

1867.

Question 25

What was the reform act?

Answer 25

It allowed working class men living in towns and cities the right to vote.

Question 26

what herbs were used to relieve pain?

Answer 26

mandrake.
hemlock.

Question 27

in what year was it discovered that laughing gas reduced sensation of pain?

Answer 27

1799.

Question 28

what chemical was used by some surgeons that caused irritation in the eyes, lungs, caused coughing and made patients vomit?

Answer 28

Ether.

Question 29

what surgeon amputated a leg in 2 and a 1/2 minutes and accidently cut of a patients testicle?

Answer 29

Robert Liston.

Question 30

What year did all medical instruments need to be stem sterilised?

Answer 30

1887.

Question 31

in what year were gloves introduced in the operating theatres?

Answer 31

1889.

Question 32

what year were sterilised gloves introduced?

Answer 32

1894.

Question 33

what year was the first heart operation proformed?

Answer 33

1896

Question 34

What year and who discovers blood groups?

Answer 34

1901
Karl Landsteiner