Key Figures in Medicine through time
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- Key Figures in Medicine through time
- Renaissance
- William Harvey
- Discovered blood circulation
- He didn't know everything about blood circulation
- For example, he didn't know how the blood moved from the arteries to the veins
- His ground work laid the pathway for future blood work
- Andreas Vesalius
- In order to have a breakthrough he dissected bodies, printed illustrations and had an attitu
- His work was significant because people were able to learn about anatomy and dissect bodies
- He impacted medical health because doctors who were being trained, could learn about anatomy and therefore be better to their patients
- His work was limited because he was criticised by doctors for disagreeing with Galen
- Vesalius made many discoveries
- The jaw is made of one bone and not two
- The breastbone is in three parts
- The blood doesn't flow into the heart through invisible holes
- William Harvey
- Modern Day
- Howard Florey
- Ernest Chain
- All researched and developed penicillin
- Florey went to America and before long the British firms were producing penicillin at mass
- Florey and Chain brought the idea to the government in 1938 and they were given £25 funding
- Fleming originated the discovery in 1928
- All researched and developed penicillin
- All researched and developed penicillin
- Florey went to America and before long the British firms were producing penicillin at mass
- Florey and Chain brought the idea to the government in 1938 and they were given £25 funding
- Fleming originated the discovery in 1928
- Ernest Chain
- Ernest Chain
- Alexander Fleming
- Howard Florey
- Medieval
- Galen
- Performed dissections on pigs to find out more about the body
- Through doing this he did discover some accurate facts but because of not being able to dissect humans, he was limited to his discoveries
- Developed theory of 4 humours
- Performed dissections on pigs to find out more about the body
- Hippocrates
- Came up with the theory of the 4 humours
- He was the first person to believe that diseases were caused naturally
- God
- During the Medieval era, the vast majority of people believed that if they were to become ill, it was a punishment from God for sinning
- People would perform prayer or public humiliation in order to ask for God's forgiveness
- During the Medieval era, the vast majority of people believed that if they were to become ill, it was a punishment from God for sinning
- Galen
- Industrial
- Edward Jenner
- In 1798, Edward Jenner discovered the vaccination for smallpox
- He did this because he observed that people who contracted cowpox didn't contract smallpox
- In 1798, Edward Jenner discovered the vaccination for smallpox
- James Simpson
- In 1847, James Simpson showed that chloroform could be used as an effective anaesthetic
- Too much chloroform would kill, as found out by Simpson's fellow doctors
- In 1847, James Simpson showed that chloroform could be used as an effective anaesthetic
- John Snow
- In 1854, cholera killed over 250 people in Broad Street, London.
- Snow mapped out the deaths and proved that it was the dirty water that caused cholera
- In 1854, cholera killed over 250 people in Broad Street, London.
- Louis Pasteur
- In 1861, Pasteur published his theory about germs caused human diseases
- He did this through different experiments
- In 1861, Pasteur published his theory about germs caused human diseases
- Joseph Lister
- In 1867, Lister experimented with carbolic acid spray, which greatly reduced the rates of infection
- This discovery allowed for more complex operations to be done
- In 1867, Lister experimented with carbolic acid spray, which greatly reduced the rates of infection
- Robert Koch
- In 1882, Koch identified that different bacteria caused different diseases
- His work led to more vaccinations being discovered
- In 1882, Koch identified that different bacteria caused different diseases
- Florence Nightingale
- During the 1850's and onwards, Nightingale improved hygiene for soldiers in the Crimean war, as a result of following Pasteur's work
- She also worked to get training for nurses and conditions of hospitals improved.
- During the 1850's and onwards, Nightingale improved hygiene for soldiers in the Crimean war, as a result of following Pasteur's work
- Edward Jenner
- Renaissance
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