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History - Medicine Through Time

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Decks in this class (32)

Ancient Prehistory
What is animism,
What did they know about disease,
What are shamans
9  cards
Ancient Egypt
What helped them progress from pr...,
What did they believe caused dise...,
How did believing in the afterlif...
13  cards
Ancient Greece
What did the early greeks believe...,
What was it called the program to...,
What was ensured to link closely ...
15  cards
Ancient Rome
What were aqueducts for,
What would slaves do for bathers ...,
What was said about personal clea...
7  cards
Galen
How many books did galen write,
Why were his ideas accepted by ch...,
How many years were his ideas use...
9  cards
The Dark Ages
When did the roman empire collapse,
What institution survived,
Whos work was it to cure the sick
14  cards
Christian Medieval Medicine
Why were there more skilled surgeons,
Why were doctors improved,
What was surgery regarded as
13  cards
The Black Death
When was the black death,
Where were outbreaks worse,
What was assumed caused disease
10  cards
Wise Women
What sort of methods were used,
What were they accused of,
What were they skilled in
5  cards
Islamic Middle Ages
What was the opinion of learning,
What was built in order to encour...,
Who translated galens work into a...
12  cards
Renaissance
When did the renaissance begin,
What did scholars rediscover,
What does renaissance mean
17  cards
Vesalius
What was the work called by vesal...,
Why did vesalius draw a picture o...,
What was in letter on venesection
7  cards
Pare
In what year did pare join the fr...,
What ingredients were in his new ...,
Why did pare invent a new way of ...
12  cards
Harvey
Where did harvey study medicine,
What did harvey carry experiments...,
What did harvey discover about th...
8  cards
Public Health in the Middle Ages
What did the middle ages not have...,
Who realised the importance of go...,
What did monasteries have
9  cards
Jenner
What did jenner notice,
What did milkmaids catch instead ...,
What experiment did jenner do in ...
7  cards
Pasteur
What theory did pasteur put forward,
How did pasteur demonstrate his t...,
What was pasteurization for
7  cards
Koch
Whos work did koch follow up on,
In 1875 what microbe did koch ide...,
What disease was caused by the ge...
11  cards
Ehrlich
What did ehrlich look for to atta...,
Whos research team had ehrlich be...,
What had he helped to tackle
13  cards
Fleming
When did fleming discover penicillin,
How did fleming discover penicillin,
What did fleming discover about h...
6  cards
Florey and Chain
When were florey and chain able t...,
What did floreys team do,
What did chain do
7  cards
Public Health in the 19th Century
What did improvements usually dep...,
Whats the housing called where it...,
What often mixed with water
11  cards
Chadwick
When was chadwicks report published,
What was contained in chadwicks r...,
What did chadwicks report argue
11  cards
John Snow
What did snow link,
When was the connection discovere...,
What did snow do in broad street
5  cards
Octavia Hill
What did she do with the first 3 ...,
When did hill buy 3 slum houses,
What laws did hill campaign for
4  cards
Public Health Acts
When was the 1st ph act,
Why did 1st ph act occur,
What was 1st phs main provision
6  cards
Problem of Infection
What did semmelweiss do,
What did semmelweiss prevent the ...,
What is semmelweiss now referred ...
11  cards
Problem of Bleeding
What had been tried many times be...,
Who tackled deaths due to transfu...,
What was stressed in relation to ...
9  cards
Problem of Pain
What was the first chemical anaes...,
What was used in the 1840s,
What was used in 1847 and by whom
8  cards
Women in Medicine
What ended to allow women to prac...
1  cards
Public Health in the 20th Century
What did the majority report state,
What did the minority report state,
How many unfit for boer war service
12  cards
Liberal Social Reforms
Free school meals,
School medical inspections,
Old age pension act
5  cards

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