Medicine of Britain, key dates 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryBritain : Health and the people c1000 - present dayGCSEAQA Created by: Gracie2323Created on: 30-06-20 15:17 c1230 Compendium medicine is written by Gilbert Eagle 1 of 16 1348 Black death arrives in England 2 of 16 1628 William Harvey proves the circulation of blood 3 of 16 1724 Guy's hospital is founded in London 4 of 16 1798 Edward Jenner develops cowpox as a cure for smallpox (vaccinations) 5 of 16 1847 James Simpson uses chloroform as an anaesthetic 6 of 16 1848 First Public Health act is introduced (Central board of Health - cleaned towns, etc) 7 of 16 1858 Joseph Bazalgette begins building a network of sewers under the streets of London 8 of 16 1867 Joseph Lister finds the use of Carbolic acid for antiseptic in surgery 9 of 16 1882 Robert Koch's work on TB is publicised in Britain 10 of 16 1906 First of the Liberal social reforms is introduced (free school meals for poor children, free medical checks and treatment, etc) 11 of 16 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin kills bacteria 12 of 16 1948 NHS comes into operation 13 of 16 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson publish research on DNA structure 14 of 16 1963 First liver transplant is carried out in America 15 of 16 2003 Human Genome Project is completed 16 of 16
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