1250-1500 Medieval
The disease that had symptoms such as buboes and a fever
The Black Death
Vesalius created a book called...
The Fabric of the Human Body
Created the vaccine for small pox
Edward Jenner
What was the aim of the NHS
To provide free medical treatment for all people in the UK
What comes first in the chain of evacuation?
Stretcher bearers
Two Ancient thinkers who influenced the medieval period
Galen and Hippocrates
This Doctor diagnosed and categorised diseases
Thomas Sydenham
Where did John Snow discover Cholera?
The Broad Steet pump, Soho
The scientists who discovered the DNA structure
Watson and Crick
When was the first gas attack- bonus point for the battle
Give two types of medieval healer
Wise woman Barber Surgeon Physician Apothecaries
The group of Doctors and scientists who were challenging old ideas
The Royal Society
The explanation for the cause of Germs at the start of the 18th century
Spontaneous Generation
Name two diseases that can now be prevented by immunisation (from the modern period)
Diphtheria, polio, rubella, tetanus, measles, whooping cough
Harvey Cushing pioneered what surgery?
Brain surgery- magnets used to extract shrapnel
To cure the Black Death these religious people would walk through the streets doing what?
Self-Flagellation
the year of the Great Plague
1665
Lister created the first Carbolic acid spray. This is commonly known as....
Antispetic
How has the government tried to prevent lung cancer?
Banning smoking in public places, cars and workplaces
ban tobacco advertising
age limit of 18
Taxation
What was the survival rate for a soldier if the Thomas Splint was used?
80%
The Medieval Book that gives advice on hygiene
Regimen Sanitatis
'Veins carry blood not air'- whose theory was this part of?
William Harvey
Which Act provided clean water, built public toilets and stopped sewage contaminating drinking water
1875 Public Health Act
Salvarsan 606 is also known as
The magic bullet
Where was the first blood bank on the Western Front?
Cambrai