Topic Three Key Words 1700AD - 1900AD Medicine

Question 1

Germ Theory

Answer 1

The scientific theory that showed disease and infection were caused by germs/bacteria

Question 2

Antiseptic

Answer 2

Kills bacteria and stops it growing

Question 3

Anaesthetic

Answer 3

A drug that sends you to sleep and stops the body from feeling pain

Question 4

Antibodies

Answer 4

Particles inside the body that identify and help to fight off and remove germs in the body

Question 5

Cowpox

Answer 5

A disease causing red blisters on the skin, similar to smallpox. It can be transmitted from cows to humans

Question 6

Aseptic surgery

Answer 6

Surgery where microbes are prevented from getting into a wound in the first place, as opposed to being killed off with an antiseptic

Question 7

Inoculate

Answer 7

Deliberately infecting oneself with a disease in order to avoid a more severe case of infection later on

Question 8

Laissez-faire

Answer 8

It is used to describe governments who do not get involved in the day-to-day lives of their population

Question 9

Small pox

Answer 9

A viral disease that could cause considerable scarring and could kill victims

Question 10

Cholera

Answer 10

A deadly bacterial disease that is spread through dirty water. Causes dehydration and vomiting.

Question 11

1798

Answer 11

Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine for smallpox

Question 12

1847

Answer 12

James Simpson uses chloroform as an effective anaesthetic

Question 13

1854

Answer 13

Florence Nightingale improved conditions in Scutari hospital during the Crimean War

Question 14

1854

Answer 14

John Snow removed the handle from Brood Street Pump

Question 15

1861

Answer 15

Louis Pasteur creates Germ Theory

Question 16

1867

Answer 16

Joseph Lister uses carbolic acid as an antiseptic

Question 17

1882

Answer 17

Robert Koch develops the ability to identify the specific bacteria