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why was there lots of disease in ths period/

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no hygiene

back to back housing

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what was the main theory of cause of disease?

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miasma=bad air

spontaneous generation= germs produced in rotting flesh

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what did edward jenner do?

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saw that milkmaids who had caugth cow pox were immune to smallpox

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what factors imfluenced jenners life/

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chance and government

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how did chance factor in jenners life ?

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he was lucky to spot that the milkmaids/people who had caughtcow pox couldnt get smallpox also

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how did the governmnt affect jennners life?

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they gave him £50000 to fund his work. the us also helped fund him

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what were the obstacles jenner faced/

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doctors disliked this cheap new methods
peole feard a disease froma cow was dangerous
he couldnt yet explain his ideas

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what was the short term impact of jenner?

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saved lived and inroduced a new way to prevent disease

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what was jenners long term impact/

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he was the first immuniser and he became the basic of pasteurs ideas
vaccines became compulsary in the 19th century

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what were the four steps of louis pasteurs theory?

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bacteria is in the air and all around
bacteria caused things to decay
flied lay eggs in decaying matter which hatch into maggots

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what did pasteur disprove?

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miasma

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how did communcation affect pasteur?

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his ideas were published and thus spread quickly

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how did attitiudes and beliefs affect pasteur?

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they could now SEE the germs so it was accepted

no more miasma

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how did technology aid pasteur?

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the new glass microscope helped his to see the germs

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what science helped pasteur?

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germ theory + sciece of food + lots of experiments helped

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what wars affected pasteur?

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rivalry between france and germany lead to pasteur vx kock. Franco-prussian war

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what other individuals were around at the time of pastur?

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kock

18
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were the govermnt on side with the germ theory

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yes

19
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what did koch do?

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discovered a way of extracting bacteria. he could alos stain them

20
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what factors influenced koch`/

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science
war
government

21
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how did science affect koch?

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powerful microscopes lead to study of microorganisms

22
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how did war affect kock?

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the franco-prussian war lead to rivalry between his and pasteur and spured him on

23
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how did the governent factor in knchs life?

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they gave him a full time job researching

24
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what obstacles did koch face?

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everyone believed in spontaneous genration, it had to be proved wrong

25
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short term impact of koch?

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idendtifyed germs that caused Tb and cholera, the big killer diseases in the 19th century

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what was kochs long term impact/

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provided a way for others to find cres for killer diseased saving lots of lives. paved the way for new cured in the 20th century

27
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what did florence nigthingale do?

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improved standards of army hospitals

28
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what actors helped/influenced hightingales life/

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governemnt
war
religion

29
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how has the government helped nightingale?

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she was snet by them to improve the standards of the hosptitals

30
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how did war help nightingale?

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the crimean war was where sheworked

31
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how did religion help nighingale?

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she believed god called her to be a nurse

32
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what was florence nightingales shrt term impact/

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brought death rates down
improved standards of hostpotals
helped design new wards

33
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what was nightingales long term impact?

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changed the way nurses were thought of and alowed hostptals to becaome cleaner and better

34
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what did elizabeth garret anderson do?

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set up medical practaces for wommen and gave them a voices

she fought to become a doctor

35
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what factors influenced garren anderson?

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individuals
attitudes
governent

36
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who individuals affected garret andersons life?

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florence and elizabeth blackwell

37
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during this period how were ideas communicated

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they were all published

38
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what new technology was developed during this period?

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the glass microscope

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