Medicine 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: Chloe1453Created on: 13-05-18 12:19 Galen A Roman physician who refined Hippocrates' ideas furhter and developed the Theory of Opposites. 2nd Century 1 of 22 Theory of Miasma The idea that swamps, corpses and rotting matter was the source of bad smells and this spread disease. 2 of 22 Theory of the Four Humours The theory was stated to be made up of the four basic elements where they were all balanced. If ill, then there was an imbalance in the humours. 3 of 22 Physician Diagnosed illnesses and recommended a course of treament 4 of 22 Apothecaries Mainly mixed herbal remedies 5 of 22 Barber Surgeons Least qualified medical professionals 6 of 22 Paracelsus Pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. 1493 - 1541 7 of 22 William Harvey Proved that the liver did not digest food to create blood. Blood circulated around the body. 1628 published findings 8 of 22 Thomas Sydenham Made a point of closely observing the symptoms and treating the disease causing them. 1660s - 1670s 9 of 22 Andreas Vesalius In 1537, Six Atatomical Tables, showed the different parts of the human body labelled 10 of 22 Louis Pasteur Theorised that germs were causing decay as well as causing disease in the human body. Published theory in 1878 11 of 22 Germ Theory Certain diseases are caused by ceratin microbes 12 of 22 Florence Nightingale Saved lives in Crimean war in 1854. Changed layouts of hospitals in 1860. 13 of 22 John Snow Discovered chloera was trasmitted by dirty drinking water. 1854 14 of 22 Edward Jenner First vaccination against smallpow using cowpox in 1796. Published findings in 1798 15 of 22 James Simpson Inhaled vapours of chemicals to test a new anaesthetic (chloroform). 1847 16 of 22 Joseph Lister Sprayed carbolic acid during operations to prevent infection. 1865 17 of 22 Robert Koch Developed a new method to grow bacteria to identify microbes causing disease. 1880 18 of 22 Spontaneous Generation Microbes came from nowhere and were a product of decay not a cause of it 19 of 22 James Watson and Francis Crick Built a model of DNA based on x-rays from Franklin and Wilkins. 1953 20 of 22 Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins Created images of DNA using x-rays in 1951 21 of 22 Alexander Flemming Accidentally created penicillin which was a mould in 1928 22 of 22
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