Turning Points (MTT) Flashcards
Hippocrates develops clinical observation
Doctors have rules to follow and spread their methods.
Hippocrates develops the theory of the four humours
Ideas about natural causes of disease are now as important and common as supernatural.
Vesalius makes detailed anatomical drawings
He proved Galen wrong and challenged Greek and Roman ideas by dissection of humans.
Paré tries out new surgical methods
New methods of surgery, written down in books so that the ideas spread.
Harvey studies the heart
Challenge made to Greek and Roman ideas; proved by experiments.
Smallpox vaccination
Prevention of the infectious disease smallpox. Leads to vaccinations against other diseases.
Pasteur develops germ theory
Once the link between germs and disease is proved and understood, more developments become possible.
Simpson develops anaesthetics
More complex operations are possible.
Lister develops effective antiseptics
Antiseptics mean that operations are now a safe way to treat illnesses and injury rather than as a last resort.
Nightingale improves hospitals and nursing practices
Clean hospitals mean that people who visit do not die.
Public Health Act 1875
Conditions in towns are cleaner which leads to the end of disease, and later on to improvements in living conditions.
Ehrlich creates the first magic bullet
Cure for syphilis. Leads to chemical cures for other diseases.
Discovery of penicillin
A cure for infectious diseases developed. Most infectious diseases are now treatable with antibiotics.
