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Who, when & which theme?




The germ theory

Louis Pasteur


Disease and Infection


1857 discovered, published in 1861

The Black Death

1347-49

Who, when & which theme?


James Phipps experiment



Edward Jenner


1796


Disease and Infection
France and Germany at war

1870-1871


Who, when & which theme?


TB germ identified


Robert Koch


1882


Disease and Infection


Who, when & which theme?


Magic Bullet discovered

Paul Ehrlich


1909


Disease and infection


Who, when & which theme?


Discovery of penicillin


1928


Alexander Fleming


D&I


Who, when & which theme?


Producing pure Penicillin


1938-41


Florey & Chain


D&I


Who, when & which theme?


Mass production of penicillin


1941-44


Florey & Chain


D&I

Crimean War began

1854
Ambroise Pare

1510 - 1590


Who, when & which theme?


The fabric of the human body


Andreas Vesalius


1543


S&A

Blood groups discovered


1901


Karl Landsteiner

Chloroform discovered as an anaesthetic


1847


James Simpson

Queen Victoria gave birth under anaesthetic

1853
Washing hands in hospitals


Ignaz Semmelweis


1840's

Use of carbolic acid


Joseph Lister


1867

x-rays discovered

1895

Cholera epidemic

1831-32

Broad Street water pump


Dr John Snow


1854

'Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population'


Edwin Chadwick


1842

First Public Health Act

1848

Great Stink

Summer of 1858

Sum house bought and turned into healthy homes


Octavia Hill


1865

Artisans Dwelling Act


Octavia Hill led to this


1875
Liberal Party won election

1906

'Poverty, a Study of Town Life'


Rowntree


1901

'Labour and the Life of the People'


1889


Charles Booth
Provision of School Meals Act

1906

Old Age Pensions Act

1908

Workmen's Compensation Act

1906
National Insurance Act

1911

Labour Exchanges Act

1909

Beveridge Report

1944
National Health Service introduced

July 1948