Q1 - treating disease in the 18th and 19th centuries

Question 1

What were quacks named after?

Answer 1

Dutch word quacksalver - someone who boasts loudly about cures

Question 2

What was quackery?

Answer 2

Salesman who sold quack medicine that didn’t work, they made lots of money taking advantage of people not understanding what caused disease, they moved on quickly so that people wouldn’t find out

Question 3

Who was daffy’s elixir made by?

Answer 3

Leicestershire Clergyman - 1647

Question 4

What was daffys elixir said to have cured?

Answer 4

Fits, kidney stones, gout, constipation, griping of the bowels

Question 5

What were the ingredients of daffys elixir?

Answer 5

Raisins, brandy, saffron, licorice, rhubarb

Question 6

What were the two main ingredients in quack medicine?

Answer 6

Alcohol and opium, they would’ve numbed pain a little

Question 7

What did quackerys success depend on?

Answer 7

The salesmans skills and the uncertainty of the patient, in outbreaks like the plague people were desperate and more likely to buy quack medicine

Question 8

Good packaging is important - what happened to Turlington’s balsam of life?

Answer 8

It was given a royal patent by George the 2nd- 1744

Question 9

How did the growth of newspapers help quackery?

Answer 9

It was possible to advertise your product wider for a bigger market

Question 10

What does quackery say about health/medicine at the time?

Answer 10

Nothing needed to be proved, with the right marketing anything could sell

Question 11

What did Sir John Floyer publish?

Answer 11

A treatise on asthma, it said the causes and suggested clean air and diet

Question 12

What did George Cheyne argue?

Answer 12

Obesity was caused by poor lifestyle, people should take responsibility for their own health rather than relying on doctors to cure them

Question 13

What did Alexander Gordon suggest for child-bed fever?

Answer 13

That medical people should wash their clothes and hands frequently to stop the spread, he was laughed at for many years

Question 14

What were three rules introduced by the king to prevent the plague in 1665?

Answer 14

No public entertainment, all dogs and cats to be killed, fires lit in the streets to drive away bad air, public prayers on Wednesdays and Fridays, weekly fasts, rubbish cleared from the streets, plague victims were sealed in their houses for up to 40 days

Question 15

What did Florence Nightingale do?

Answer 15

She cut the death rate from 40% to 2% from cleaning up hospital wards, she wrote notes on nursing

Question 16

How was the cholera outbreak treated?

Answer 16

Use of four humours with bleeding and laxatives, regular prayer for the poor

Question 17

What’s the structure for this question?

Answer 17

PQRST - Point, Quote, Relate to question, Support with facts, Time attitude and person

Question 18

How to answer this question

Answer 18

Look at the focus, find examples which explain the focus, think about knowledge that supports the claims, write what’s useful about who wrote it and when

Question 19

What did Mrs Beeton recommend?

Answer 19

That every household should have opium powders and laudanum (90% alcohol, 10% Opium) in their cupboards, often given to children to help them sleep or keep them quiet