Important individuals 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEEdexcel Created by: Lauren BrixeyCreated on: 20-04-13 15:17 Andreas Vesalius Challenged Galens ideas & published a book on Anatomy correcting ideas 1 of 20 Hippocrates Developed idea of observation & theory of four humours 2 of 20 Ambroise Pare Developed the ligature 3 of 20 William Harvey Discovered the heart is like a pump & blood circulates 4 of 20 Claudius Galen Developed theory of opposites (4 humours) & gained anatomical 'knowledge' from animal dissection 5 of 20 Edward Jenner Developed small pox vaccination 6 of 20 Ignaz Semmelweiss Discovered hand washing reduces risk of infection 7 of 20 James Simpson Discovered the use of Chloroform as anaesthetic 8 of 20 Robert Liston First European surgeon to use anaesthetic during an operation 9 of 20 Edwin Chadwick Reported on effects of poverty & poor living conditions & recommened Public Health reform 10 of 20 Elizabeth Garret Anderson First woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain 11 of 20 Joseph Bazalgette Designed & supervised a new sewage system 12 of 20 Alexander Flemming He identified & published the discovery of Penicillin 13 of 20 William Beverage Produced a report about ways to fight the 5 Giant evils- led to development of NHS & Welfare state 14 of 20 Ernest Chain & Howard Florey Developed a way to mass produce Penicillin 15 of 20 Dr John Snow Established the link between Cholera & infected water. Developed the Chloroform mask pump 16 of 20 Florence Nightingale Professionalised nursing & improved conditions in hospitals 17 of 20 Louis Pasteur Developed the Germ Theory & vaccines for Chicken Pox, Cholera, Anthrax & Rabies 18 of 20 Robert Koch Doscovered the microbes that caused diseases such as Cholera & Tuberculosis & found a way to make microbes easier to see 19 of 20 Joesph Lister Used Carbolic Acid spray as an antispetic during surgery 20 of 20
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