Science And Technology

Question 1

Experimentation and equipment

Medieval

Answer 1

John Ardernes painkilling ointment of
Hemlock
Opium
Henbane

-—————————————————————

Arrow cups made for removing arrows

Robert grossetestes work lead to development of spectacles

Question 2

Observation and equipment

Early modern

Answer 2

Renaissance artists painting of anatomy

Gordon’s study lead to doctors hand washing to stop spread of disease between patients

——————————————————————

Pares crows beak clamp halting bleeding
Pares artificial limbs

1590 microscopes invented

Question 3

Equipment and medicine

19th century

Answer 3

Stethoscopes widely used from 1850

Halsteads rubber gloves and moynihams surgical gowns

——————————————————————

Aspirin on sale in Britain

Simpson used chloroform to reduce pain at childbirth

Beechams cold powders 1859

Question 4

Equipment and medicine

20th century

Answer 4

Thomas splint used in World War One

MRI scanning 1987

Keyhole and microsurgery

——————————————————————

Blood transfusions 1901

Radiation therapy for cancer

Birth control pill 1951