GCSE History-Medicine 1700-1900

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Hint	Answer
Microbes are the product of decay, not the cause of it.	Spontaneous generation
What year did Pasteur publish "Germ theory?"	1861
Who was the main opposition to germ theory?	Henry Bastain
What type of microbes did Koch put on sheep tissue and then feed to a mouse to prove that they do cause disease?	Anthrax
What year did he discover the microbes responsible for TB?	1882
What year did he discover the bacteria responsible for Cholera?	1883
What year did Humphrey Davies discover Nitrous oxide?	1799
In 1846 what anaesthetic did Liston use?	Ether
Why was Ether dangerous?	It was flammable
In 1847 who discovered Chloroform?	James Simpson
When delivering their 8th child, who claimed that Chloroform was "blessed" giving it massive credibility?	Queen Victoria
What was the main problem with Chloroform?	It could cause Nausea and headaches in high doses.
What did Joseph Lister discover?	Carbolic acid
Lister's theory spread faster than what, meaning therefore that the science behind antiseptics was not understood?	Germ theory
Death rate without antiseptics was 45%, what was it when using Carbolic acid?	15%
In what war did Florence Nightingale serve in?	Crimean

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What was the top priority in Nightingales work when caring for the wounded?	Hygiene
How did she want all hospitals to be built?	Following the Pavilion plan
Nightingale turned nursing into what?	A respectable proffession
Who first witnessed inoculation and first brought it to England?	Lady Wortley Montagu
Who discovered vaccination in 1799?	Edward Jenner
What year were compulsory vaccinations strictly enforced?	1871
Why couldn't Jenner use his discovery to develop new vaccines?	He didn't understand why it worked
In 1885 who tests the rabbies vaccine - the first successful one since Jenner?	Louis Pasteur
What the government does to look after its people.	Public health
Before the public health acts, what demographic has a life expectancy of 17?	Workers
When was the first public health act?	1848
When was the second public health act?	1875
In 1828, which country has a cholera outbreak in which the disease spreads all over the world due to it being the trade centre of the world?	India
What year was the main outbreak of cholera in London?	1854
Who led and investigation to combat the outbreak?	John Snow
What was the main source of the outbreak?	The Broadstreet pump