Turning points in the history of medicine 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEOCR Created by: Jenny HolceCreated on: 12-04-16 17:02 5th/4th century BC: Hippocrates develops theory of four humours Ideas about natural causes of disease now as important/common as supernatural (rather than just common-sense ideas) 1 of 13 5th/4th century BC: Hippocrates develops clinical observation Doctors have to follow rules/spread methods 2 of 13 1530s-1560s: Vesalius makes detailed anatomical drawings Proved Galen wrong & challenged Greek/Roman ideas by human dissection 3 of 13 1530s-1560s: Paré tries new surgical methods New surgery methods written down in books so ideas spread/ideas don't work very effectively until antiseptics developed 4 of 13 1620s-1650s: Harvey studies heart Challenged Greek/Roman ideas & proved by experiments 5 of 13 1790s: Smallpox vaccination Prevented infectious disease/leads to vaccinations against other diseases 6 of 13 1860s: Pasteur develops germ theory Later developments in operations/cures/public health/hospitals become possible once link between germs/disease proved/understood 7 of 13 1840s: Simpson develops anaesthetics More complex operations possible 8 of 13 1860s: Lister develops effective anaesthetics Operations now safe way to treat illnesses/injury instead of last resort 9 of 13 1850s: Nightingale improves hospitals/nursing practices Clean hospitals mean people who visit don't die/no longer last resort 10 of 13 1875: Public Health Act Town conditions cleaner/leads to end of disease/improvements in living conditions, housing etc. later on 11 of 13 1911: Ehrlich creates first magic bullet Cure for syphilis leads to chemical cures for other diseases 12 of 13 1928: Penicillin discovered Cure for infectious disease developed/most now treatable with antibiotics 13 of 13
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