Medieval Medicine
What did people believe caused disease?
God’s punishment / bad smells
Who discovered blood circulation?
William Harvey
Who discovered germs cause disease?
Louis Pasteur
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Who treated people with bloodletting or pulling teeth?
Barber surgeons
Who studied the body and made drawings?
Vesalius
Who cleaned wounds with carbolic acid?
Joseph Lister
When was the NHS founded?
1948
What was the deadly disease in the 1300s?
Black Death
What invention helped spread new medical ideas?
Printing Press
Who made the first vaccine?
Edward Jenner
Who discovered DNA structure?
Watson&Crick
What did people carry to avoid sickness?
Herbs
What idea about disease continued?
Miasma – bad smells
What did Edwin Chadwick’s report lead to?
Public Health Acts
Name one modern medical technology.
Answers vary
What did doctors often tell sick people to do?
Pray/ Confess Sins
Why was the Renaissance important for medicine?
People began to study the human body in more detail
What new medical tool was used to see inside the body?
X-ray 1895
Why is the NHS important?
Free Healthcare for everyone