Past and Future Flashcards
1
Q
Who was working in Vienna General Hospital in the 1840s?
A
Ignaz Semmelweis
2
Q
What did Semmelweis see?
A
That women were dying in large numbers after childbirth from a disease
3
Q
What disease were women dying from?
A
Puerperal fever
4
Q
How did he believe the disease was spreading?
A
Doctor were spreading it by their unwashed hands
5
Q
What did he tell doctors to do?
A
Wash their hands in an antiseptic solution
6
Q
By telling doctors to wash their hands what happened to the death rate?
A
It fell from 12% to 2%
7
Q
What did the antiseptic solution do?
A
Killed the bacteria
8
Q
Could Semmelweis prove his work?
A
No so his idea was dropped
9
Q
What are superbugs?
A
Bacteria that are resistant to most known antibiotics
10
Q
What is a pandemic?
A
When a disease spreads all over the world
