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Who was hippocrates?

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a greek doctor

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who created the first vaccine?

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edward jenner

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what did the people believe caused disease in 400ad-1450ad?

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miasma , 4 humours and gods punishment

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what were the 4 humour treatments?

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bleeding , purging ,diet change , exercise?

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what were the 4 humours?

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yellow bile , black bile, phlem and water

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who’s theories did the doctors follow?

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galen and hippocrates

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what was the 4 humours?

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galen thought this is what caused disease and if one came out of balance, you would become ill

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who was galen?

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a famous roman doctor who followed the work of hippocrates

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what is miasma?

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bad air

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what did the first vaccine prevent?

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small pox

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how was the small pox vaccine made?

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edward jenner got pus from a cow who had cow pox and went to a maids child that had a cut and wiped the pus on him.

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when was germ theory?

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1861

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who discovered germ theory?

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louis pasteur

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what is germ theory?

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a discovery where people found out germs were a thing

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what were the first surgeons?

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barber surgeons

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who proved germ theory?

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robert koch

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what was the first antibiotic?

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penicillin

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who discovered penicillin?

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alexander flemming

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who experimented with penicillin?

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florey and chain

20
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who proved the existence of DNA?

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watson and frankie

21
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who cured syphilis?

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paul ehrlich

22
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was was the nickname for salvarsan 606?

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magic bullet

23
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what can happen if antibiotics are overused?

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the effect of them decrease

24
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when was the NHS created?

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1948

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who introduced the NHS?

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Bevan

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what was florence nightingale famous for?

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she improved the deaths for soldiers during the crimean war

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where does florence nightingale become famous?

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Crimean war

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when was the cholera outbreak?

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1854

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what death percentage did florence decrease it to?

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2%

30
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how many nurses volunteered to help florence?

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38 nurses

31
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what did florence want?

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cleaner hospitals

32
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what were quacks?

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fake doctors who sold random things mixed together to make a mixture that they said was medicine

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why did the people by the medicine from quacks?

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doctors were expensive and so was the treatment and quacks were cheep

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