C1250-c1500
This group of doctors studied the work of Hippocrates, Galen and Arab medical writers
Who are physicians?
The invention of this in the 1450s made spreading ideas about medicine much easier
What is the printing press?
This scientist created the vaccination for smallpox
These 2 scientists discovered the effectiveness of penicillin, but they only received £25 from the English government to help them
Who are Florey and Chain?
This key place in the British sector of the western front had its first battle in 1914
What is Ypres?
The amount of time it took for a physician to study at university was ‘this’ many years
What is 7?
This scientist disproved many of Galen’s theories, such as the human jaw bone is made of one bone, not three
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
This act was set up in 1848, where local councils were encouraged to make collect taxes to support this problem and councils were allowed to appoint medical officers
What is the public health act?
Crick and Watson had the latest equipment when discovering the structure of DNA, including ‘this’ microscope
What is the electron microscope?
This part of a trench would allow men to fire their weapons from the trench by standing on a simple platform
What is the fire step?
This form of treatment was made of herbs, minerals and animal parts
What are herbal remedies?
This scientist dissected live cold-blooded animals and human bodies to discover more about the heart
Who is William Harvey?
This epidemic in France caused the scientist Louis Pasteur to find the exact bacterium causing the disease
What is the cholera epidemic?
What is the Beveridge report
This illness caused fear amongst commanders as in late 1916 there were 16000 cases in 6 months
What is shell shock/ NYD. N
This plague was the cause of the Black Death
What is the bubonic plague?
The name of this hospital became very helpful for the people of London, by the 1660s, it has 12 wards and 300 patients with a large number of staff
What is St Bartholomew’s Hospital?
In 1882, Robert Koch and his team found the bacterium for this second disease
What is tuberculosis?
This chemical drug was the first to kill bacteria inside the body
What are sulphonamide drugs?
This group of female nurses and volunteers worked for the Belgian Army until the British changed their policy towards women
Who are the FANY?
This new tool in this period was very helpful in procedures
What are forceps?
This scientist discovered capillaries, which carries blood from arteries to veins, 4 years after Harvey’s death
Who is Marcello Malphigi?
Florence Nightingale was a nurse during this war in 1854
What is the Crimean War?
This doctor discovered blood groups in 1901
Who is Karl Landsteiner?
This area that helped the wounded was very close to the front line, moved forward when causalities were expected in an attack and was based in a dug-out, in a ruined building, behind a wall
What is the Regimental Aid Post?