Medicine Through Time - Years Flashcards
1
Q
Writing developed in Ancient Egypt?
A
Around 3000 BC
2
Q
Hippocrates’ books published?
A
Between 420 BC and 350 BC
3
Q
When was Galen born?
A
129 AD
4
Q
When did Rome fall?
A
476 AD
5
Q
BLACK DEATH in Europe?
A
1348
6
Q
Printing press invented?
A
1454
7
Q
GREAT PLAGUE in London?
A
1665
8
Q
When did Lady Montagu introduce inoculation to Britain?
A
1720
9
Q
First vaccination?
A
1796
10
Q
Major cholera outbreak in Britain?
A
1831
11
Q
First use of anaesthetics (ether and chloroform)?
A
1846
12
Q
First public health act in Britain?
A
1848
13
Q
Germ theory?
A
1857
14
Q
Second public health act?
A
1875
15
Q
Blood groups discovered?
A
1900