medicine

• who was hippocrates

  he used the idea of the 4 humors to help him to diagnose his patients
• what was the theory of the four humors 


  If the humors were unbalanced then the patient would be ill
• what were some treatments for the four humors 


  herbal remedies,purging and blood letting
• the church controlled medicine
• Why were WW1 trenches not a straight line

  Because then it would be easy to shoot down the trench
• who was Edward Jenner

  He made the first vaccine
• What vaccine did Edward Jenner create

  Chicken pox vaccine
• How did Edward Jenner create the chicken pox vaccine

  He injected people with a small part of cow pox this then made them immune to chicken pox
• Edward Jenner made the first vaccine
• The first vaccine was made to help stop chicken pox
• Label the system of evacuation 


  stretcher bearers -> regimental aid post -> dressing station -> CCS -> base hospital
• stretcher bearers were often killed
• what did the regimental aid post do

  it was close to the front lines and would be the first port of call.Was often a dug out.Dug into the side of a hill
• what is a dressing station?


  often set up in a tent behind the trenches. Seriously injured soldiers were moved to a casualty clearing station by a motor or horse-drawn ambulance.
• what does CCS stand for

  Casualty clearing station
• what was a CCs


  was the first medical facility in which the moderately seriously wounded would receive treatment. 
• what was a base hospital


  where civilians and serious injuries were treated. They were usually in large converted buildings. A base hospital had operating theaters, X-ray departments and specialist centres for treatment of specific problems, such as gas poisoning. The wounded would arrive here by train or motor ambulance.
• what was the first gass used in war fare

  mustard gass
• all ww1 sources are reilable
• what were some new treatments for ww1 


   X-rays, blood loss & transfusions, and plastic surgery