19th Century
A mind map of all the information about the 19th Century
- Created by: Becky Campbell
- Created on: 02-06-13 15:08
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- 19th Century
- What did they think caused disease?
- Early 1800's
- Miasma
- Spontaneous generation
- Early 1800's
- Treatments to cure and prevent disease
- Asclepeia
- Purging and bleeding
- Perfumes and fires to freshen air
- Paracelsus - chemicals and signatures
- Koch - vaccines developed against many diseases
- Vaccine against smallpox
- Public Health
- Public Health Act 1848
- National Board of Health set up
- Government could force local councils to make improvements to water supply and sewerage and appoint a Medical Officer of Health.
- Local councils could collect taxes to pay for improvements
- Snow proved clean water was essential for preventing the spread of cholera
- The Great Stink - 1858
- Added to the evidence that reform was needed
- Sewer system was built in London
- Pasteur's germ theory meant that people were more willing to pay taxes
- Public Health Act 1848
- What did they think caused disease?
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