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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.