𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 (①⑦⓪⓪-①⑨⓪⓪)

Cards (21)

  • what was the benefit to microscope improvements?
    enabled the scientific breakthroughs of the 19th century.
  • what was the continuity of theory of cause of disease?
    miasma.
  • what did Louis Pasteur discover and when?
    the germ theory in 1861.
  • who developed Pasteur's work?
    Robert Koch.
  • what microbes did Koch discover between 1882-1883?
    tuberculosis and cholera.
  • who was Florence Nightingale?
    ~ wrote two books.
    ~ enforced better styles of hospital (pavillion).
    ~ made a school for nurses.
  • what were Nightingale's books called?
    notes on nursing and notes on hospitals.
  • what did Nightingale cause nursing to be?
    more of a profession than it was before.
  • what were the features of a pavillion style hospital?
    ~ cleanliness.
    ~ open wards.
    ~ good organisation.
  • who was James Simpson?
    discovered chloroform anaesthetic.
  • who was Joseph Lister?
    discovered carbolic spray antiseptic.
  • what did the combination of Pasteur, Lister and Simpson's work allow for?
    aseptic surgical developments.
  • what were some of the terms in the 1875 public health act?

    ~ cleaner water (Bazalgette redesigned the sewers).
    ~ public officers of health.
  • who was Edward Jenner?
    created the vaccination for smallpox using cowpox.
  • who did Jenner test his inoculation on?
    a 10-year-old boy called James Phipps.
  • what year were vaccinations made compulsory?
    1852.
  • why did people oppose Jenner?
    ~ doctors lost money.
    ~ inefficiency due to inexperienced doctors.
    ~ interfered with the plan of God.
  • who was John Snow?
    discovered cholera in the pumps in London and paved the way for the second public health act.
  • what were the symptoms of cholera?
    severe vomiting leading to dehydration.
  • how did Snow discover the source of the cholera?
    mapped out the deaths and took the handle off of the broad street pump.
  • why did people not believe Snow?
    he had no scientific evidence yet due to the fact the germ theory did not emerge until 1861.