Themes - Science And Technology Flashcards
Renaissance period
What new material was developed creating new wounds
What immunisation method was being discovered
What use of magnification was used
Gunpowder developed – injured soldiers got new wounds requiring treatment
Vaccination vs inoculation – smallpox
Use of microscopes - 1677
19th century
What led to the reduction of pain during surgery (3)
What invention challenged the idea of spontaneous generation
What antiseptic was used
What type of surgery was being founded
How were microbes being grown
What instrument was invented to listen to the heart and when
What machine was invented to see through the body and when
Anaesthetics – nitrous oxide, ether and chloroform Microscopes used to challenge the idea of spontaneous generation Germ theory – swan neck experiment Use of antiseptics – carbolic acid Aseptic surgery Growing microbes on agar Photographing microbes Stethoscope invented in Paris in 1816 X-ray machine invented in 1895
20th century
Mass production of what began
When was DNA found
When was IVF treatment found
When was small pox declared eradicated
What 2 types of surgery were founded
What therapy was being used
Mass production of antibiotics – penicillin 1953 – DNA 1978 – IVF 1980 – smallpox declared eradicated Key hole surgery Radiation therapy Surgery using lasers
