Medicine Through Time

Question 1

Ypres

Answer 1

1914-17 gas attack of chlorine caused death by suffocation

Question 2

Arras

Answer 2

1916 large scale allied attack, built 2.5km of tunnels

Question 3

Somme

Answer 3

1916, first use of tanks

Question 4

Cambrai

Answer 4

1917, first use of portable blood banks

Question 5

Regimental aid post

Answer 5

Gave immediate first aid

Question 6

Advance dressing station

Answer 6

More serious injuries (tents and bunkers)

Question 7

Casualty clearing station

Answer 7

Could deal with more casualties

Question 8

Base hospital

Answer 8

Could deal with more patients, Head and gas wounds were mainly treated here

Question 9

NHS 1942

Answer 9

Proposed my beveridge and passed through government by bevan

Question 10

Fleming Florey and chain

Answer 10

Magic bullet (penicillin)

Question 11

Harvey ❤️

Answer 11

Discovered blood pumps around the body by dissecting live animals

Question 12

Sydenham

Answer 12

Observed and encouraged observation

Question 13

Jenner

Answer 13

Created the first vaccination (inoculated small pox)

Question 14

Florence nightingale

Answer 14

Changed nursing, cleaned and cared

Question 15

Germ theory

Answer 15

Pasteur identified ther germ (cholera), Koch used chemical to stain bacteria (plague 1894), Snow identified the link between dirt and disease

Question 16

Simpson

Answer 16

Discovered anaesthetics (chlorophorm)

Question 17

Lister

Answer 17

Discovered antiseptics (carbolic acid)