GCSE History - Medicine Through Time - Flashcards in GCSE History

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When was the Germ Theory published? By who? Hint - was in the industrial revolution

Louis Pasteur, 1861

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What did Joseph Lister do in 1865? Hint - as a result of Pasteur's germ theory

Uses carbolic acid in surgery to avoid spread of infection.

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When was the NHS founded? Hint - in the 20th Century

1948

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When was the Printing Press invented in England? Hint - in the late 15th Century

1476

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What did John Snow do?

Found the source of Cholera in Soho

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What did William Harvey prove?

The heart pumps blood around the body

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Who made the first Magic Bullet?

Paul Ehrlich

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When did the Great Plague take place?

1665

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What did the Theory of Miasma suggest?

Diseases were caused due to bad air

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What was Florence Nightingale's job

Nurse

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Bonus Question - When did Nightingale do her nursing job? Hint - during a war

Crimean War

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