What were the changes and continuities for medicine in the Industrial Period? Flashcards
When did Louis Pasteur publish Germ Theory?
1861
In what year and period did James Simpson discover the anaesthetic properties of chloroform?
1847 - industrial
When during the Egyptian period was the library at Alexandria opened?
It wasn’t. It was built in the Greek period.
What did Edward Jenner discover?
Smallpox vaccination using cowpox
What worried the British government during recruitment for the Boer War in 1899?
40 out of every 100 volunteers were unfit for military service.
What was Edwin Chadwick’s big discovery?
That high poor rate in some towns resulted from some people being too unwell to work due to poor living conditions.
What name is given to the type of doctor who performs operations?
Surgeon
What is disease and infection the story of?
The story of what people throughout History believed made them unwell and how they tried to treat illnesses.
What are the three themes comprising the History of Medicine?
Disease and infection, surgery and anatomy, public health.
In what year and period did Joseph Bazalgette begin building London’s underground sewer system?
1858 - industrial
In what year and period did Joseph Lister publish details of carbolic spray?
1867 - industrial
What has CAR got to do with understanding about the vaccines that Louis Pasteur developed?
C = chicken cholera A = anthrax in sheep R = rabies in humans
What is an epidemic?
A disease which spreads widely, harms/kills lots of people and is very difficult to stop.
-What were Koch’s three contributions towards discovering the causes of disease?
Solid medium, staining, method.
What are the years of the Industrial period?
1750-1900
What is a fun and memorable poem for remembering the first letter of each of the time periods (in the right order)?
People Eat Green Rolos During Rows In Turkey
Why did some people oppose Edward Jenner’s vaccination?
They were worried about having animal matter injected into them.
What are the factors we use in the History of Medicine?
Religion, Chance, War, Individuals, Science & Technology , Communications.
What was Laissez-Faire?
A widely held belief at the start of the industrial period that it was not the job of government to try to improve public health.
Define natural explanations of disease.
Explanations based on physical evidence, observation and scientific deduction (even if the science is wrong).
-What did Edwin Chadwick’s discovery lead to being passed?
The 1848 Public Health act?
-When did John Snow discover the link between cholera and dirty water?
1854.
What was Lady Montague’s inoculation for?
Smallpox
-What disease did Pasteur first use his vaccination ideas to treat a human for?
Rabies.
What was the main difference between the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts?
The first was voluntary, the second was compulsory.
What is surgery and anatomy the story of?
The story of people’s knowledge through History of the human body plus how operations have changed and improved over time.
In what year was the ‘Great stink’ in London?
1858
What are alternative names for the industrial period?
The nineteenth century and the industrial revolution.
