TREATMENT OF DISEASE

Question 1

GOVERNMENT

Answer 1

MEDIEVAL
CHURCH - FUNDS HOSPITALS
TOOK THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
THE BLACK DEATH - ATTEMPTED ISOLATION
PUNISHMENT NOT PREVENTION
often supported monasteries, which played a role in caring for the sick and preserving medical knowledge.

RENAISSANCE
ORDERED THE EXECUTION OF THOUSANDS OF CATS AND DOGS
QUARANTINE
ORDERED PRAYER AND FASTING

COMPULSORY VACCINATION - 1858
1980 SMALLPOX ERADICATED
Vaccination Programs: Following Edward Jenner’s discovery of the smallpox vaccine, governments started to implement vaccination programs, leading to widespread immunization.

Question 2

INDIVIDUALS

Answer 2

ALEXANDER FLEMING -
Wound Infections: During World War II, penicillin was mass-produced and used to treat wound infections in soldiers, significantly reducing mortality and morbidity from battlefield injuries.
Prevention of Sepsis: Penicillin’s ability to prevent sepsis in surgical and battlefield wounds saved countless lives and highlighted the critical need for antibiotics in both military and civilian medicine

Question 3

WAR

Answer 3

BATTLEFIELD SURGEONS
PARE