medicine through time- enlightenment Flashcards
causes of illness in the enlightenment
spontaneous generation
germ theory
Louis Pasteur
germ theory
1861
used in the future
Robert Koch
developed pastors work (germ theory)
problems with surgery
pain
blood loss
infection
James Simpson
discovered chloroform as anaesthetic
1847
solved pain
Joseph Lister
carbolic acid kills germs
antiseptic
from 1890
incoculation
deliberate infection of a disease to create immune response
vaccination
injection into body of organisms that make someone immune
Edward Jenner
people who caught cowpox could not catch smallpox
1796
John Snow
proved that cholera was caused by dirty water
public health actS
1st=1848=encouraged clean water supply
2nd=1875=compulsory to provide clean water, sewage and disease
Edwin Chadwick
belief that poor living conditions affected life expectancy
when was the enlightenment period?
1700-1900