medicine timeline 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: Briony HinesCreated on: 07-05-14 20:33 1796 jenner discovers the smallpox vaccination 1 of 21 1832 cholera epidemic 2 of 21 1842 chadwicks report on public health 3 of 21 1847 simpson discovers chloroform 4 of 21 1853 smallpox vaccination becomes compulsory 5 of 21 1854 john snow shows that cholera is spread by water 6 of 21 1854 in the crimean war florence nightinggale proves that hospital cleanliness helps reduce the death rate 7 of 21 1857 Queen Victoria uses chloroform during labour 8 of 21 1861 pasteurs germ theory 9 of 21 1865 lister discovers and proves that carbolic acid can be used to fight infection during operations 10 of 21 1972 koch begins investigating different germs that cause disease 11 of 21 1875 the public health act states that towns must clean streets and sewers 12 of 21 1879 pasteur discovers a cure for chicken cholera 13 of 21 1890 halstead suggests using rubber gloves during operations 14 of 21 1900 landsteiner discovers the blood groups 15 of 21 1911 first chemical compound cures infection 16 of 21 1914-18 plastic surgery improves during the first world war 17 of 21 1928 flemming discovers that penicillin kills germs 18 of 21 1930's florey and chain develop penicillin 19 of 21 1939-45 penicillin is mass produced because of world war 2 20 of 21 1948 NHS is established 21 of 21
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