Modern Western scientific medical discoveries Flashcards
Who discovered the “vaccination”
Dr Edward Jenner
What disease did he treat with this vaccination?
small pox
When did he carry out the vaccination experiment?
in 1776 on a small boy called James Phipps.
What did he use to develop this vaccination?
Pus from a cowpox sore.
How did he discover this cure?
Girls who milked cows didn’t get small pox only mild illness called cowpox.
Who was Louis Pasteur
French Scientist from the 1800’s
What did Pasteur develop?
a “germ theory”
How did Pasteur discover germs?
by looking at beer through a microscope and saw millions of tiny things, he heated the beer and killed them.
What is Tuberculosis often refered to?
TB
What does tuberculosis affect?
a persons lungs, makes them cough a lot.
Who discovered tuberculosis?
Robert Koch from Germany
When did Koch identify the T.B. bacteria?
in 1882
Who performed the worlds first heart transplant
Dr Chris Barnard
What year did Chris Barnard perform the first heart transplant?
1967
Who was the first person to have a heart transplant?
Louis Washkansky, he lived for 18 days after the surgery
he died from a lung infection
