Prevention of Illness through time

Question 1

How did people try to stop bad air (miasma) from displeasing God in Medieval times?

Answer 1

They would burn herbs and incense.

Question 2

What was the name of the guidance given by the Church on staying clean and what did the guidance include?

Answer 2

Regimen Sanitatis - it included a guide on bathing, but making sure to pray beforehand.

Question 3

What methods of preventing illness became more popular during the Renaissance?

Answer 3

Quarantining sick people and avoiding mess / bad air all together.

Question 4

During which century did inoculation become popular in Britain?

Answer 4

During the 18th century, the 1700s.

The name of a popular inoculator was Thomas Dimsdale.

Question 5

When did Edward Jenner discover the Smallpox vaccination?

Answer 5

1796

Question 6

What happened to vaccines after germ theory in 1861?

Answer 6

Other vaccines could be produced why weakening specific germs. For example, Pasteur created the chicken cholera vaccine in 1879.