5th/4th century BC Ideas about natural causes of disease are now as important and common as supernatural (rather than just common-sense ideas).
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HIPPOCRATES develops: clinical observation
5th/4th century BC Doctors have rules to follow and spread their methods.
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VESALIUS makes detailed anatomical drawings
1530s - 1560s He proved GALEN wrong and challenged Greek and Roman ideas by dissection of humans.
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PARE tries out new surgical methods
1530s - 1560s New methods of surgery, written down in books so that the ideas spread. Ideas do not work very effectively until the development of antiseptics.
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HARVEY studies the heart
1620s - 1650s Challenge made to Greek and Roman ideas; proved by experiments.
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Smallpox vaccination:
1790s Prevention of the infectious disease smallpox. Leads to vaccinations against other diseases.
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PASTEUR develops germ theory
1860s Once the link between germs and disease is proved and understood, more developments (the next 5) became possible.
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SIMPSON develops anaesthetics
1840s More complex operations are possible.
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LISTER develops effective antiseptics
1860s Antiseptics mean that operations are now a safe way to treat illnesses and injury rather than as a last resort.
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NIGHTINGALE improves hospitals and nursing practises
1850s Clean hospitals mean that people who visit hospitals dont always die. No longer a last resort.
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Public Health Act 1875
1875 Conditions in towns are cleaner which leads to the end of disease, and later on to i mprovements in living conditions - houding, etc...
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EHRLICH creates the first magic bullet
1911 Cure for syphilis. Leads to chemical cures for other diseases.
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Discovery of penecilin
1928 A cure for infectious diseases developed. Most infectious diseases are now treatable with antibiotics.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
5th/4th century BC Doctors have rules to follow and spread their methods.
Back
HIPPOCRATES develops: clinical observation
Card 3
Front
1530s - 1560s He proved GALEN wrong and challenged Greek and Roman ideas by dissection of humans.
Back
Card 4
Front
1530s - 1560s New methods of surgery, written down in books so that the ideas spread. Ideas do not work very effectively until the development of antiseptics.
Back
Card 5
Front
1620s - 1650s Challenge made to Greek and Roman ideas; proved by experiments.
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