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what did hippocrates do |
theory of four humours |
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what did galen do |
theory of opposites |
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what did william harvey do |
proved galen wrong (blood comes from liver) and he dissected human corpses observing the heart. measured blood flow. heart pumps blood around body |
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what did versalius do |
dissected dead criminals and proved galen wrong as his ideas based on animals. found jaw has one bone not two |
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what did versalius do |
dissected dead criminals and proved galen wrong as his ideas based on animals. found jaw has one bone not two |
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what did thomas sydenham do |
he encouraged medical professionals to observe patient’s symptoms and should be recorded and given appropriate medication. identified scarlet fever and measles. english hippocrates |
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what did louis pasteur do |
germ theory, proved spontaneous generation wrong. germs cause disease, bacteria in air. published germ theory in 1861 |
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what did louis pasteur do |
germ theory, proved spontaneous generation wrong. germs cause disease, bacteria in air. published germ theory in 1861 |
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what did robert koch do |
grew and stained bacteria so it could be seen clearly. identified bacterias that caused TB and anthrax in 1876 and cholera |
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what did james simpson do |
chloroform in 1847. used for surgeries. issue was people did longer surgeries and infections went deeper. no of deaths increased, called black period |
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what did james simpson do |
chloroform in 1847. used for surgeries. issue was people did longer surgeries and infections went deeper. no of deaths increased, called black period |
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what did joseph lister do |
carbolic acid killed bacteria in 1867. surgery deaths 46% to 15%. aseptic surgery. everything washed in carbolic acid |
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what did james simpson do |
chloroform in 1847. used for surgeries. issue was people did longer surgeries and infections went deeper. no of deaths increased, called black period |
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what did joseph lister do |
carbolic acid killed bacteria in 1867. surgery deaths 46% to 15%. aseptic surgery. everything washed in carbolic acid |
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what did edward jenner do |
created a vaccine against smallpox by using a small dose to make the person immune |
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what did florence nightingale do |
made sure war hospitals were clean. believed in miasma. death rate 40% to 2%. wrote notes on nursing and notes on hospitals |
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what did florence nightingale do |
made sure war hospitals were clean. believed in miasma. death rate 40% to 2%. wrote notes on nursing and notes on hospitals |
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what did john snow do |
1854, 700 people died on broad street. removed handle to pump so everyone was fine. water was infected by sewer water due to edwin chadwick - put feces in thames. |
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what did edwin chadwick do |
1848 public health act. He recommended better supplies of clean water and more regular removal of waste.
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what did edwin chadwick do |
1848 public health act. He recommended better supplies of clean water and more regular removal of waste.
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what did Joseph Bazalgette do |
engineer, was employed to build a network of sewers under the streets of London. By 1866, most of London was connected to the new sewerage. It removed waste from where people lived and therefore reduced the risk and potential spread of cholera. |
