A contagious viral disease in which the ill person often experiences fever and pustules. A vaccine was created for this disease within this time period.
What is SMALLPOX?
100
A major cause for the outbreak of so many diseases of the time period, this represented the lack of knowledge people had about waste disposal at the time.
What is WATER POLLUTION?
100
The major movement of the time period that caused urbanization and increased pollution as well as innovation in the Victorian Era.
What is INDUSTRIALIZATION?
100
This theory, while well understood and generally accepted in the 21st century, was revolutionary at the time. It was developed by John Snow and Louis Pasteur.
What is the Germ Theory?
100
This Act required health hazards to be removed, and called for the appointment of health inspectors.
What is the Sanitary Act?
200
An infectious, bacterial disease of the small intestine which people originally believed was transmitted through bad smells.
What is CHOLERA?
200
The time when the River Thames smelled so bad it caused a cholera outbreak.
What is The Great Stink?
200
Often used to power trains, this invention increased efficiency in transportation.
What is the STEAM ENGINE?
200
This planet was located based on theoretical solutions to a physicist's equations without using a telescope.
What is NEPTUNE?
200
Passed in 1832, this Act led to an increased understanding of the human body.
What is the Anatomy Act?
300
A disease known as "consumption" for which no cure was developed in this time period.
What is TUBERCULOSIS?
300
This is what hygiene was considered to be in this period.
What is a SOCIAL CONVENTION?
300
This doctor discovered that chloroform could be used as an anesthetic.
Who is James Young Simpson?
300
John Snow made this important discovery about cholera.
What is transmission through water?
300
Passed in 1815, this Act increased the opportunities available to train doctors and required medical professionals to gain experience before practicing openly.
What is the Apothecaries Act?
400
One of the many diseases that plagued children of the time period. Noticeable as a skin rash, there is now a vaccine for this disease.
What is MEASLES?
400
This type of pollution was not generally understood or regulated against at any point during the Victorian Era.
What is AIR POLLUTION?
400
Created in the the Victorian Era, this vaccine protects against a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals.
What is the Rabies Vaccine?
400
This man discovered that Malaria is spread through mosquitoes!
Who is Ronald Ross?
400
This Act was responsible for the creation of Central Boards of Health to monitor health conditions starting in 1848.
What is the Public Health Act?
500
This type of hospital was used to house members of the lower class who were mentally ill.
What is an ASYLUM?
500
The average life expectancy for a middle class man living in this time period.
What is 45 years old?
500
A medical tool still used by doctors today, this common device allows us to hear internal sounds of the human body.
What is a STETHOSCOPE?
500
Now the name of a common mouthwash, this man is credited with discovering antiseptics and the importance of sterilization.
Who is Joseph Lister?
500
This was the first attempt at legislation to prevent the adulteration of food. It made the inclusion of additives in food a criminal offense.