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What has Versailles got to do with the Paris Peace Conference?
It was where the Paris Peace conference took place.
True or false: in the Middle Ages people started to believe in astrological reasons for illness?
True.
What was the natural explanation of disease in the pre-historic period?
There wasn’t one
What did Vesalius prove about the human heart that showed Galen was wrong?
That blood did not pass through the septum, it moved in a different way.
-What did Edwin Chadwick’s discovery lead to being passed?
The 1848 Public Health act?
Who was George Clemenceau?
Prime Minister of France in 1919
When was the printing press invented?
1451.
What does the word Anschluss mean?
Uniting Germany and Austria
Why was Galen so popular with the Christian church?
He taught his students that the human body fitted together in a well designed whole. This suggested that a greater being (God) had designed the human body. That’s why Christians liked him.
In what year did Hitler achieve Anschluss with Austria?
1938
Why is John Hunter famous in the History of medicine?
He was a famous army surgeon and later surgeon to King George III, he published helpful books such as ‘On venereal disease’ which he researched by operating on himself, he proved that gonorrhea ad syphilis were different diseases, he had a collection of 3000 preserved specimens including an Irish giant.
When was Guy’s hospital founded and what was different about it?
- Different because founded by a local businessman, Thomas Guy, and not the Christian church.
What did George Clemenceau want from the Paris Peace Conference?
Revenge for French losses and damage in WW1, to cripple Germany militarily, money to rebuild, make France less vulnerable to future attack.
In what year was the ‘Great stink’ in London?
1858
-What disease did Pasteur first use his vaccination ideas to treat a human for?
Rabies.
What are the years of the Renaissance?
1400-1750
What does the word Anschluss mean?
Uniting Germany and Austria
What is surgery and anatomy the story of?
The story of people’s knowledge through History of the human body plus how operations have changed and improved over time.
What did Edward Jenner discover?
Smallpox vaccination using cowpox
How much did Germany have to pay in reparations for WW1?
£6,600 million
How did the League use trade sanctions to try to solve the Abyssinia Crisis?
Italy and Abyssinia were both banned from buying weapons. Italy however was able to continue buying oil, steel, coal and iron.
How did the factor chance help Pare?
It was by chance that he ran out of boiling oil.
What military forces was Germany allowed in the Treaty of Versailles?
Only 6 ships in the navy and no submarines. Only 100,000 soldiers in the army, conscription not allowed and no tanks. No airforce allowed either.
What are the factors we use in the History of Medicine?
Religion, Chance, War, Individuals, Science & Technology , Communications.
How can the word BRAT help you remember about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
B= blame, R = reparations, A= army, T=territory
What connected the Saar and the League of Nations?
The Saar had been given to the the League of Nations for 15 years as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. This was due to expire in 1935.
What idea of Galen’s did Harvey prove wrong?
That blood was made in the liver to replace that which was burnt up by the body.
Who was David Lloyd George?
Prime Minister of Britain in 1919.
What is disease and infection the story of?
The story of what people throughout History believed made them unwell and how they tried to treat illnesses.
What is surgery and anatomy the story of?
The story of people’s knowledge through History of the human body plus how operations have changed and improved over time.
-What were Koch’s three contributions towards discovering the causes of disease?
Solid medium, staining, method.
What worried the British government during recruitment for the Boer War in 1899?
40 out of every 100 volunteers were unfit for military service.
Define natural explanations of disease.
Explanations based on physical evidence, observation and scientific deduction (even if the science is wrong).
How much of its territories did Germany lose as part of the treaty of Versailles?
10%, including Alsace Lorraine which was returned to France.
What was cauterising?
Sealing a wound and stopping it from bleeding by busing red hot iron.
What would a doctor find that was useful in the Canon of Medicine by Avicenna?
The medical properties of 760 different drugs and chapters on medical problems such as anorexia and obesity.
What was wound man?
A diagram used to instruct surgeons in the Middle Ages how to treat various battlefield injuries.
Who would you go to for treatment in Pre-historic times.
The medicine man or shaman.
What are the factors we use in the History of Medicine?
Religion, Chance, War, Individuals, Science & Technology , Communications.
What is disease and infection the story of?
The story of what people throughout History believed made them unwell and how they tried to treat illnesses.
What did Woodrow Wilson want from the Paris Peace Conference?
Creation of the League of Nations, not to be too hard on Germany, self-determination, freedom of the seas, the fourteen points.
What was John of Aderne famous for?
Being a fantastic English surgeon, the manual of surgery he wrote called ‘Practica,’ using opium and henbane to dull pain in surgery and forming the Guild of Surgeons in London in 1368.
How many hospitals did the Christian church build in England between 1000 and 1500?
700
What is a fun and memorable poem for remembering the first letter of each of the time periods (in the right order)?
People Eat Green Rolos During Rows In Turkey
In what year and period did James Simpson discover the anaesthetic properties of chloroform?
1847 - industrial
What has CAR got to do with understanding about the vaccines that Louis Pasteur developed?
C = chicken cholera A = anthrax in sheep R = rabies in humans
What invention of 1451 was as important to communications as the internet in modern times?
The printing press.
What is a fun and memorable poem for remembering the first letter of each of the time periods (in the right order)?
People Eat Green Rolos During Rows In Turkey