History - Changes in Medicine mid 19th century

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What are the three different ideas about the cause of disease in the mid 19th century
Miasma, Spontaneous Generation and the 4 Humors.
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Name three problems Florence Nightingale found at the army hospital in Scutari.
Soldiers sharing beds, unhygienic water - polluted water, limited food supplies and it was under a cesspool.
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Give three examples of improvements made by Nightingale
Scrubbed floors, got more beds, got more food = nutritious
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Explain three barriers to progress in surgery 1848
Pain, infection and blood loss.
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Why did people prefer to use chloroform rather than ether in operations ?
Ether was highly flammable and it caused patients to throw up, cough and have a hang over.
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What was a court in an industrial town ?
A place where people lived/narrow alley
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How did John Snow prove a link between infected water and cholera ?
The Broad Street Pump
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How did John Snow prove a link between infected water and cholera ? Longer Answer Write
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How did John Snow prove a link between infected water and cholera ? Longer Answer Write
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What were the terms of the Public Health Act ?
To remove rubbish, clean streets and build a sewage system and appoint a medical officer.
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How did the GREAT STINK push the government into taking action on the issue of public health ?
The great stink pushed the government into taking action because the government could smell the stink from the river in their meetings, so they wanted the smell to go, so they built a sewage system.
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Name three problems Florence Nightingale found at the army hospital in Scutari.

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Explain three barriers to progress in surgery 1848

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