factors influencing medicine i

• factors influencing medicine were:

  • the Industrial Revolution
  • science and technology
  • the government
• the Industrial Revolution:

  • many people moved from countryside to urban areas
  • people moved from working in agriculture to work in factories and mines
  • most people were employed in factories and workshops by end of 19th century
  • by 1900, London had population of 4.5 million
  • cities would be overcrowded and workers had poor housing
  • street filled with waste so disease spread quickly
• science and technology:

  • Church lost infuence by 1750
  • scientific ideas becoming more accepted
  • new technology allowed for experiments and challenging of old ideas
  • new instruments proved new theories
  • development of railways allowed for spread of ideas
• role of government:

  • government adopted laissez-faire approach to medicine through most of 18th-19th century
  • people thought it was not role of government to interfere in people's everyday life
  • by late 19th century, people accepted goverment role to look after people's health
  • government started to pass legislations to improve living conditions and prevent spread of disease