Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What year was Ether first used by Morton as an anaesthetic? |
1846 |
|
|
What substance was used to make the storage of blood possible in time for WW1? |
Sodium Citrate |
|
|
What substance did Lister use to limit infection? |
Carbolic Acid |
|
|
What year was vaccination made compulsory? |
1852 |
|
|
Who was the civil servant who researched living conditions in the 19th century and whose recommendations were the basis for public health acts? |
Edwin Chadwick |
|
|
Inventor of the water closet was... |
Sir John Harrington |
|
|
What was the first magic bullet called? |
Salvarsan 606 |
|
|
Who funded the mass production of penicillin? |
The USA Government |
|
|
What year was the NHS set up? |
1948 |
|
|
What was the name of the group set up in 1660 to enable educated people to discuss scientific ideas? |
The Royal Society |
|
|
How did horses transform the lives of Native Americans? |
Made it easier to hunt and transport material across the plains |
|
|
Counting coup is... |
Trying to touch the enemy with a stick without being detected |
|
|
Which religious faith travelled West to avoid persecution? |
Mormons |
|
|
What were Native Americans forced to live on? |
Reservations |
|
|
What was the aim of the 1887 Dawes Act? |
To convert tribesmen into independent farmers |
|
|
When was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed? |
1851 |
|
|
What type of disease did Longhorn cattle carry? |
Texas Fever |
|
|
Settlers were headed west because... |
They wanted their own fertile land |
|
|
In what year was the Homestead Act? |
1862 |
|
|
Which animal did the Plains Indians rely on? |
Buffalo |
