Medicine Through Time

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Theory of pasteurisation. Notices that microorganisms were causing the alcohol to go sour. Germ theory.
Louis Pasteur
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Studied Pasteur's theories and discovered that you could grow microorganisms successfully on agar jelly. He discovered the microorganisms in Anthrax (sheep) and then later discovered the microorganisms causing tuberculosis and cholera
Robert Koch
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Noticed that the milkmaids were not catching small pox because they had got cow pox from the cows. Invented the vaccination where he would inject people with cow pox which prevented them getting small pox which was much worse.
Edward Jenner
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Ancient Greece 4 humours
Hippocrates
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Developed the 4 humours- theory of opposites Church supported ideas
Galen
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PROGRESS 6/20 Play Shuffle Options Developed the 4 humours- theory of opposites Church supported ideas Galen Wrote a report on the sanitary conditions of the population in 1842. He said the poor lived in horrible conditions which was why they wer
Edwin Chadwick
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1854 he mapped all the cholera deaths and was able to trace the outbreak to one pump. He removed the handle of the pump so that it couldn't be used and the outbreak died down. Proved cholera came from water- little impact no germ theory
John Snow
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Unimpressed in the way nurses were trained She sent a report to the government Nightingales school of nursing Uniform Clean bedding Worked in the Crimean war professionalises nursing
Florence Nightingale
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Circulation of blood Heart acted like a pump. Arteries carried blood away from the heart. Veins carried blood towards the heart. Valves prevented black flow.
William Harvey
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Proved Galen wrong Jaw was one bone Fabrik of the human body Human anatomy
Versalius
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Magic bullet 1 1909 Salvarsan 606 Combined dye with various chemicals to target only disease causing microbes 606th compound tested and worked- Dr Hata First time chemical drugs had been used to cure illness
Paul Ehrlich
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1932 Magic bullet 2 attacked the microbes which cause blood poisoning Forced to test his discovery on his daughter as she was dying from a pinprick- luckily it worked the active ingredient of Prontosil was isolated- sulphonamide other sulphonamide d
Gerhard Domagk
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Noticed that some mould on his petri dishes was killing his culture of bacteria. Published his findings in 1929.
Alexandra Flemming
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Put together the penicillin research team
Florey
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Chemist Understands penicillin
Chain
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Builds apparatus to mass extract penicillin
Heatly
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Discovering the structure of human DNA
Watson and Crick
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Wrote a report on what could be done to benefit peoples lives. The report recommended: Everyone in work would pay national insurance out of their wages to fund benefits such as sick pay and pensions Creation of the NHS
Beveridge report
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Made the NHS. free healthcare and prescription Doctors unhappy as they now couldn't charge patients what they wanted local authorites not happy about losing control of hospitals People believed that the poor should help themselves rather than turning
Bevan
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Drew up a plan to build new sewers in London. Not accepted at first but after the Great Stink the government funded Bazalgette and the sewers were built. Pump sewage away from London into the sea.
Bazalgette
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Studied Pasteur's theories and discovered that you could grow microorganisms successfully on agar jelly. He discovered the microorganisms in Anthrax (sheep) and then later discovered the microorganisms causing tuberculosis and cholera

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Robert Koch

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Noticed that the milkmaids were not catching small pox because they had got cow pox from the cows. Invented the vaccination where he would inject people with cow pox which prevented them getting small pox which was much worse.

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Ancient Greece 4 humours

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Developed the 4 humours- theory of opposites Church supported ideas

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