Key individuals (disease and infection)

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Hippocrates
Hippocratic Oath (doctors are not magicians // Doctors used his work/books for centuries // showed the importance of observing and recording // developed the theory of humours which dominated medical treatment for centuries
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Rhazes
Book with first accurate description of smallpox and measles
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Ibn Sina
Wrote a textbook that was used for 600 years in europe and the islamic world
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Paracelsus
German doctor and chemist // disagreed with Galen and the 4 humours // believed disease attacked from the outside // criticised for suggesting medicine had elements of magic
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Edward Jenner
Foundation of immunisation // First vaccination // Interested in smallpox // government gave him £30,000 to set up a vaccination clinic
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Mary Seacole
Believed in herbal remedies // Helps in kingston when cholera and yellow fever attack // offered her services to the british army but rejected because she was a black female // set up her own business called "the british hotel"
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Florence Nightingale
Refuses marriage in order to train as a nurse in germany // Crimean war broke out and she was given permission to take 38 nurses to help // cleans, opens windows and makes environment more hygienic // set up her own hospital in 1860
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Louis Pasteur
Asked to help the french wine industry and does this by developing the pasteurisation process // Pasteur proves his germ theory and publishes it in 1861 // proves germs also cause disease in animals
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Return of pasteur
Read Koch's and Jenners work // comes up with three new vaccinations - 1. Chicken cholera (1879) by luck // 2. Anthrax (1881) proves he can immunise against it in public // 3. Rabies (1884)
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Robert Koch
Read Pasteurs theory // proves specific germs cause specific diseases // develops a solid medium - a way of growing bacteria // comes up with the idea of staining bacteria - basis of being able to kill bacteria (HE IS THE BRIDGE)
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Elizabeth Blackwell
First female doctor in the USA // Visited England in 1859 to inspire women
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Originally a nurse // Passes all exams but england won't give her a degree // takes english colleges to court so she could be part of a college // becomes the first female doctor in england in late 60's
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Ehrlich
uses staining process and creates something that will stain and then kill bacteria - first magic bullet // 1905 on his 606th attempt he finds a cure for syphillis // Named his magic bullet Salvarsan 606
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Alexander Fleming
Rediscovered penicillin in 1928 // Chance - it blew through the window onto a dish and he observes it killing the staphylococci // Publishes his findings in 1929
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Florey and Chain
First animal and human trials for penicillin // Grow the penicillin, experiment on mice, 1941 grown enough to test on humans but then they run out and the man dies // move to America and get $80million // June 1944 D-Day enough penicillin
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Book with first accurate description of smallpox and measles

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Rhazes

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Wrote a textbook that was used for 600 years in europe and the islamic world

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German doctor and chemist // disagreed with Galen and the 4 humours // believed disease attacked from the outside // criticised for suggesting medicine had elements of magic

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Foundation of immunisation // First vaccination // Interested in smallpox // government gave him £30,000 to set up a vaccination clinic

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