History individuals Medicine 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: rcarter123Created on: 20-06-18 20:46 Octavia Hill Helped to renovate poorer homes to improve public health 1 of 24 Edward Jenner Created a vaccination to cowpox and smallpox on accident 2 of 24 Roger Bacon Was imprisoned for continuously proving Galen wrong 3 of 24 Marie Curie Created portable X-rays, (Petite Curies) and discovered Radiotherapy 4 of 24 John Ardenne Anus surgeon who had a 50% patient survival rate 5 of 24 Joseph Bazelgette Engineer who created London's sewage system which is still used today 6 of 24 Louis Pasteur Created germ theory using flasks, accidentally creates a vaccine to chicken cholera 7 of 24 Robert Koch Discovered bacteria staining, doesn't find vaccinations 8 of 24 Joseph Lister Found Carbolic Acid, kills germs- aseptic surgery 9 of 24 James Simpson Discovered Chloroform, very interested in childbirth 10 of 24 John Snow Used a dot map to triangulate a cholera outbreak to the Broad Street pump 11 of 24 Edwin Chadwick Created the First Public Health act, however it was not compulsory 12 of 24 Florence Nightingale Helped to clean hospitals during the Crimean War, brought her ideas back to Britain 13 of 24 Avicenna Islamic doctor who wrote a book- The Canon of Medicine 14 of 24 Theodoric of Lucca Doctor who challenged Galen's ideas about leaving pus on a wound as it shows that it is healing 15 of 24 Vesalius Created 'The Fabric of the Human Body', which had detailed sketches of muscles 16 of 24 Pare Barber surgeon who created a ligature and salve on the battlefield 17 of 24 William Harvey Discovered the circulatory system , proved that blood wasn't made in the liver-Galen's ideas 18 of 24 John Hunter Tutor of William Harvey, A doctor who dissected bodies 19 of 24 Ehrlich Created a magic bullet, which is injected into the body and kills the disease-syphillis 20 of 24 Florey + Chain Popularised Fleming's research, got funding from US government, as it was during the attack on Pearl Harbour 21 of 24 Fleming Discover the Penicillium mould and discovered its ability to kill bacteria 22 of 24 Rowntree + Booth Discovered that more people live in poverty than the government say, try to help the poor 23 of 24 Nye Bevan Health minister who pushed for the founding of the NHS 24 of 24
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