Statistics for GCSE History-Medicine 1700-1900

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who discovered vaccination in 1799?	Edward Jenner	64%
In what war did Florence Nightingale serve in?	Crimean	62%
What year did Pasteur publish "Germ theory?"	1861	50%
When was the first public health act?	1848	46%
When delivering their 8th child, who claimed that Chloroform was "blessed" giving it massive credibility?	Queen Victoria	45%
Who led and investigation to combat the outbreak?	John Snow	43%
What did Joseph Lister discover?	Carbolic acid	42%
When was the second public health act?	1875	40%
In 1847 who discovered Chloroform?	James Simpson	37%
Death rate without antiseptics was 45%, what was it when using Carbolic acid?	15%	36%
In 1846 what anaesthetic did Liston use?	Ether	32%
Lister's theory spread faster than what, meaning therefore that the science behind antiseptics was not understood?	Germ theory	31%
What year was the main outbreak of cholera in London?	1854	30%
In 1885 who tests the rabbies vaccine - the first successful one since Jenner?	Louis Pasteur	29%
What year did he discover the microbes responsible for TB?	1882	26%
Microbes are the product of decay, not the cause of it.	Spontaneous generation	26%
Before the public health acts, what demographic has a life expectancy of 17?	Workers	21%
What year were compulsory vaccinations strictly enforced?	1871	20%
What year did he discover the bacteria responsible for Cholera?	1883	20%
What was the top priority in Nightingales work when caring for the wounded?	Hygiene	17%
What type of microbes did Koch put on sheep tissue and then feed to a mouse to prove that they do cause disease?	Anthrax	15%
What the government does to look after its people.	Public health	15%
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	14%
What was the main source of the outbreak?	The Broadstreet pump	14%
What year did Humphrey Davies discover Nitrous oxide?	1799	13%
Why was Ether dangerous?	It was flammable	13%
Why couldn't Jenner use his discovery to develop new vaccines?	He didn't understand why it worked	8%
Nightingale turned nursing into what?	A respectable proffession	7%
How did she want all hospitals to be built?	Following the Pavilion plan	3%
Who was the main opposition to germ theory?	Henry Bastain	2%
What was the main problem with Chloroform?	It could cause Nausea and headaches in high doses.	2%
Who first witnessed inoculation and first brought it to England?	Lady Wortley Montagu	1%