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Medicine through time - Key Dates Flashcards

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when was the black death?

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1347-1348

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When was Vesalius’ “Fabric of the human body” published?

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1543

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when was Pare’s work on surgery published?

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1575

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when did Harvey publish his discoveries in the circulation of blood?

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1657

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what epidemic happened in 1665?

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The Great Plague

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when did Davy discover the anaesthetic laughing gas?

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1799

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which anaesthetic was first used in 1846?

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The first operation using Ether

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When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

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1847

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when did queen Victoria give birth using chloroform?

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1857

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what did Freud discover could be used as an anaesthetic in 1884?

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Cocaine

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When did Lister discover Carboxylic spray?

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1865

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When did Halstead and Lister create aseptic surgery?

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1890

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When did Roentgen first use X Rays?

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1891

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when did Jenner discover the Small Pox vaccine?

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1798

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when was the Crimean war where Nightingale revolutionised hospitals?

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1854

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When did Pasteur publish the Germ Theory?

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1861

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When did Koch discover the Anthrax germ?

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1877

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When did Pasteur discover the vaccine for chicken cholera?

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1879

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when was the cholera epidemic?

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1832

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When was the Chadwick report?

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1842

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When was the first public health act?

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1848

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When did Snow prove the link between cholera and dirty water?

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1854

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when was the second public health act?

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1875

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When did Elrich discover the first magic bullet (Salvarsan 606)?

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1905

25
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When did Barnard do the first heart transplant?

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1867

26
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When was the first CAT scanner used?

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1979

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When did Fleming discover penicillin (first antibiotic)?

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1928

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When did Florey and Chain mass produce Penicillin?

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1942

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when was the National Insurance Scheme introduced?

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1911

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When did Beveridge propose and begin the NHS?

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1942 - 1948

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