History Medicine - Progress in the Mid 19th century 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicineIGCSEEdexcel Created by: farishyaCreated on: 23-03-22 06:55 Four Humors blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile 1 of 7 Miasma Unpleasant smells & harmful fumes in the air 2 of 7 What season does disease travel quickest? summer/hot weather 3 of 7 Spontaneous Generation The theory that microbes were the product of decaying matter, rather than the cause of them. 4 of 7 Factors affecting progress 1) level of technology available at that time. if microscopes had been stronger, perhaps scientists would have been more curious of germs 5 of 7 Factors affecting progress 2) problem for funding for research and development of new ideas government did not feel responsible for issues like this and hospitals usually relied on charity for funding little money leftover used for research 6 of 7 Factors affecting progress 3) attitudes were important did not want to learn new ways of treating patients no proof methods wrong 7 of 7
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