Books used by the Church, absolute truth
Ideas taught to doctors but Galen dissected animals so this was wrong
Hippocratic Oath still said today
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Impact of Ibn Sina/Islamic medicine?(3)
Kept medical knowledge after Roman Empire fell
Canon Of Medicine
Translations of Islamic knowledge
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Give 4 points on Medieval medicine
Apothecaries, wise-women, barber surgeons
Few public hospitals
Hugh of Lucca used wine on wounds
John of Arderne used opium and henbane as anaesthetic
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What fraction of the British Population died in the Black Death?
A third
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Impact of Vesalius?(3)
Dissected human beings(criminals)
The Fabric Of The Human Body 1543, widely read
Questioned Galen e.g septum heart
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Impact of Harvey?(3)
Blood circulates
Valves
Not believed
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Impact of Pare?(3)
Ointment of rose, egg, and turpentine
Ligatures but silk infection
Works on Surgery 1575
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Impact of John Hunter?(3)
Dissections
Treated STDs
1785 - treated aneurysm
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Give 4 aspects of hospitals in the time of John Hunter(18th century)
Cure not just care
Only those likely to recover quickly were admitted...
Used to train doctors
Dispensaries for the poor
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Impact of Jenner?(4)
1751 over 3500 people died from smallpox in London alone
Opposed because inoculation was expensive
Government gave Jenner £30,000 and made vaccination compulsory in 1853
Smallpox was 20% killed people in 1800s but is now wiped off the face of the earth
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Impact of Pasteur?(4)
His Germ Theory 1861 helped:
- Joseph Lister developed anaesthetics
- John Snow's findings about cholera
- 1875 Public Health Act
+ Vaccines for anthrax and rabies
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Impact of Koch?(4)
Used agar jelly
Used dyes to stain bacteria e.g magic bullets
Used photography to record
Helped others e.g Ehrlich's Salvarsan 606
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2 key dates/people for anaesthetics?
Humphry Davy nitrous oxide 1799
James Simpson chloroform(helped by Queen Victoria) 1847
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Points on antiseptics?(2)
Joseph Lister used carbolic acid
Death rate 50% to 15%
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How many people had never seen a doctor before 1948?
8 million
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How has the NHS impacted life expectancy?
Risen by nearly 20 years since it was set up in 1948
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How many people did cholera kill in 1832?
21,000
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Impact of Ibn Sina/Islamic medicine?(3)
Back
Kept medical knowledge after Roman Empire fell
Canon Of Medicine
Translations of Islamic knowledge
Card 3
Front
Give 4 points on Medieval medicine
Back
Card 4
Front
What fraction of the British Population died in the Black Death?
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