Medicine through time - 18th + 19th century

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When was germ theory published?
1864
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Who discovered germ theory?
Louis Pasteur
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Who discovered the first magic bullet?
Paul Ehrlich
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What was the first magic bullet?
Salvarsan 606
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When was Salvarsan 606 discovered?
1909
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Which theory did 'Germ Theory' disprove?
Spontaneous generation
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Who traced the origin of the Soho Cholera oubreak?
John Snow
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What did Salvarsan 606 treat?
Syphilis
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Who created the world's first vaccine in 1796?
Edward Jenner
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What was the first aesthetic?
Nitrous Oxide (Laughing gas)
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Who was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans?
James Young Simpson
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When did Simpson discover Chloroform?
1847
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Who discovered how to stain and grow bacteria in a Petri dish?
Robert Koch
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Who discovered the bacteria that caused the following diseases: Anthax,septicaemia, TB and cholera?
Robert Koch
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Who discovered viruses?
Charles Chamberland
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Who created the first vaccine for smallpox by infecting patients with cowpox?
Edward Jenner
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Which British doctor promoted spontaneous generation theory?
Henry Bastin
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Who developed dye to stain microbes?
Robert Koch
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Who improved the conditions of Crimean War hospitals?
Florence Nightingale
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True or false: Florence Nightingale believed in Germ theory?
false
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Who improved British hospitals and the training of British nurses?
Florence Nightingale
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To prevent spread of infection Nightingale _________ infectious patients
Split up
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Who publicised carbolic acid as an antiseptic?
Joseph Lister
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Who famously used chloroform during childbirth and spoke favorably about it?
Queen Victoria
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What did Victorians believe pain relief interfered with?
God's plan
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What allowed deeper surgeries to be attempted?
Anaesthetics
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In 1872 the vaccine for what disease was made compulsory in Britain?
Smallpox
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When was the Royal Jennerian Society founded?
1803
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