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John of Arderne long term impact ?

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His work is still copied

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Ibn nafis what did he do ?

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He dared to disagree about the movement of the blood - arguing there were no holes in the septum

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Long term impact of inn nafis ?

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Shows us Islamic world is moving ahead of european medicene

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Florence nightingale what did she do ???

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Made important improvements in hospitals - insisting on clean conditions , fresh air, the boiling of sheets
Reduced death rates in Crimea hospital from 40% to 2% because of this
‘Notes for nursing ‘ published
Opened a training school for nurses

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Long term impact of Florence nightingale ?

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New hospitals in Britain now followed Florence nightingales ideas
Her improvements meant nursing because a respectable preoffesion (before it was considered rough and drunkenly )

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What did Paracelsus do ?& negative

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Criticised the theory of the four humours and argued disease was caused by seeds which settled in the infected parts of the body
Claimed his ideas came from the woods sprites and pixies

(Negative - he couldn’t prove it )

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Long term impact of Paracelsus

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His criticisms of Galen helped to make medicine more scientific

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What did Sophia jex Blake do ?

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Led six women - went through a medical course at Edinburgh university - they refused to give them a medical degree so they campaigned

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Long term impact of Sophia jex Blake ?

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Campaign to change the law meant parliament passed an act in 1876 which allowed women to take medical degrees
- means now women outnumber men by 2 to 3 in most British med schools

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What did Mary seacole do?

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Turned down when she asked to join Florence nightingales team of nurses - paid for her own sea ticket and set up her own hotel . Soldiers came to her hotel because she had good food , treated them for cholera with remedies and visited the battle field they called her ‘mother seacole ‘ .
Published - ‘the wonderful adventures of Mary seacole ‘

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Long term impact of Mary seacole ?

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None - probably because of poverty , not as famous as Florence , racism , came from a different background )

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Edward Jenner - what did he do?

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Realised that vaccinating people against cowpox meant people came immune to smallpox

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Long term impact of Edward Jenner ?

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Inspired Louis Pasteur 80 years on
to investigate vaccination & how it works which led on to the germ theory - saved millions of lives

Eventually smallpox was eliminated world wide

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Howard Florey & Ernst chain what did they do?

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Took Flemings discovery further and turned penicillin to a pure drug , Florey went on to find a way of mass producing it

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What was the long term impact of Howard Florey and Ernst chain ?

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They saved millions of lives and there was enough penicillin to treat all the casualties on d-day

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Joesph bazalgette - what did he do ?

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He built new sewers which intercepted the sewers in the old sewers , took the sewage out to the sea instead of it being emptied in the local river.

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Long term impact of joesph bazalgette ?

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Towns copied these new series and so public health improved all round , his sewers were part of the reason for why 1865 -66 was the year of the last major cholera epidemic in Britain .

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What did Hippocrates do ? (-and negative )

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'A programme for health ' 
Hippocratic oath 
Theory of the four humours 
Encouraged people to look for natural treatments 
Clinical observation

Negative - four humours was wrong - put about the incorrect version of dealing with health

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Long term impact of Hippocrates ?

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Although altered by Galen his theory lived on for centuries
People still use the Hippocratic oath today
Allowed people to make progress - observing and recording diseased symptoms
- doctors continued to use the theory of the four humours as the basis of their own for hundreds of years

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What did Galen do ?

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He developed Hippocrates theory of the four humours with the theory of opposites
He discovered the brain ( not the heart) controls the speech
Found that arteries Aswel as veins carry blood around the body
Proved the anatomy of animals is different to the anatomy of humans

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What was the long term impact of Galen ?

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His theory was logical - encouraged other doctors to look for logical natural ideas
Galens ideas lasted 1400 more years - even though some were incorrect

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What did herophilius do ?

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He was the first to dissect human bodies in public

Discovered that the brain and not the heart controls the movement of the body (pig experiment )

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Long term impact of herophilius ?

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Advances in medicene were made as were knew/know that the brain is the control centre of the body
- first step to accurate understanding of the body

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What did Christian Barnard do ?

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He carried out he first heart transplant

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What was the long term impact of Christian Barnard ?
He helped surgery to progress
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What did Elizabeth garret do ??
She wasn't allowed to become a doctor because of the medical registration act of 1852. She brought a legal case with her father against the society of apothecaries and forced them to let her join She trained to become a doctor (However the society banned any other women from doing the same )
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What was the long term impact of Elizabeth garret ?
She encouraged other girls to fight for what they want - if they want to become doctors they should - fight for inequality
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What did Paul ehrlich do ?
- first "magic bullet " Had been part of Robert kochs research team tested dyes and chemicals to find which killed bacteria -it was salvarson 606 - medical breakthrough - first chemical compound to kill bacteria in a patient
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Long term impact of Paul ehrlich ?
He proved a way for similar treatments to be found - so they could be found and helped the kill bacteria and improve health !
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David Lloyd George what did he do ?
Introduced 'people's budget' which aimed to tax the rich to pay for the old age pensions
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What was the long term impact of David Lloyd George ?
His work meant old pensions were possible with a reliable money scheme to pay for it Old people now didn't have to work until they died
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What did Robert Koch do ?
Studied anthrax (a disease affecting humans & animals ) Proved bacteria causes human disease Developed improved methods of studying them - him & his team of doctors discovered the tuberculosis and cholera bacterium Proved different bacteria causes different diseases
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Long term impact of Robert Koch ??
People got better & other scientists used his methods & discovered other bacterium
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John of Arderne what did he do ?
Surgeon - did surgery on rectum
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What did gerhard Domagk do ?
Second "magic bullet" | He discovered the red dye prontosill killed the bacteria causing blood poisoning & used it successfully
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Long term impact of gerhard Domagk ?
Researches could use powerful electron microscopes to identify the ingredients sulphonamide. The pharmaceutical companies could discover this and use it to treat Scarlett fever, meningitis etc Helped to reduce death rate among women giving birth
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What did James Simpson do ?
Discovered chloroform could be used as an anaesthetic and started using it to ease women's labour pains whilst giving birth - first anaesthetic
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Long term impact of James Simpson ? & negative
Big step forward in proper pain relif Surgeons could now operate slower and discover more Led to the black period of surgery Negative - bloodloss problems - people weren't careful they overdosed patients (John snow developed an inhaler that regulates the dose of chloroform which made overdoses less likely )
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What did Louis Pasteur do ?
Published the germ theory Proved it in swan necked flask experiment Proved theory of spontaneous generation was wrong and that bacteria causes decay and is airborne 1865 - showed a disease in silkworms called pebrine was caused by bacteria Not able to prove link between bacteria and human disease as he was a chemist and not a doctor Understood vaccines and developed one for anthrax - proved method for making them
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Long term impact of Pasteur ?
Led to a dramatic improvement in hygiene and surgery in hospitals Meant people are made better , doctors understand the cause of disease and other scientists used his methods and discovered other bacterium
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What did aneurin bevan do ?
Health minister - introduced the national health service He was a powerful and persuasive speaker Won support of hospital consultants - nhs was started
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Long term impact of aneurin bevan ?
The nhs system changed people's lives because it meant people no longer had to pay for medical care if they were ill and women benefitted as usually they would put their families before themselves

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