theme: war Flashcards
1
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medicine stands still
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- downfall of the Roman empire- lost information
- the crusades- brought information
- first time chemical weaponry was used
2
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the beginnings of change
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- educated many barber surgeons eg Ambroise Pare with actual experience, leading to new inventions
- Limes were used a cure for scurvy in 1617 for sailors
3
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a revolution in medicine
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- Crimean War- nursing habits changed due to Florence Nightingale and Government paid- laissez faire attitude changed
- Franco-Prussian War affected Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur fight for Germ theory
4
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modern medicine
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- penicillin- was mass made due to WW2 and led to pharmaceutical industry
- X-rays became mobile and reliable
- Plastic Surgery developed rapidly to help pilots with facial reconstruction
- discovery made in 1917 to reduce soldiers’ blood loss, that sodium nitrate prevents blood clotting made blood transfusions much easier
- the government became concerned about public health due to lack of fit volunteers for the Boer War- led to public health reforms
- liberal reforms made in the wake of WW2 to put in place reforms from the Beveridge Report to prevent the ‘Five Giants’ were to give war heroes a amazing country to come home to- war caused social change such as the NHS
5
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war summary:
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- Develops new inventions rapidly but doesn’t usually advance medical understanding
- Provides experience to many doctors, especially of anatomy
- Aids in changing Goverment laissez faire attitude towards public health
- Creates social change within society
