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29 Cards in this Set
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Why did towns and cities grow so rapidly? |
The invention of machines meant there was more work for people in the towns and cities. |
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Problems in towns and cities ? |
Overcrowding , several families sharing one house. Poor quality of housing - damp rooms and little ventilation. Poor working conditions - damp , little ventilation. Long working hours and accidents common in factories. Water contaminated with sewage. Disease spread easily due to this . |
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Diseases |
Cholera Diphtheria Small pox TB Typhoid |
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How many people died of cholera? |
Two thirds |
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Treatments for cholera |
Burning the dead's clothing and bedding. Praying and carrying lucky charms. Cleaning house with chloride of lime. Smoking cigars. Burning tar or vinegar in the streets. |
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Inoculation |
Giving someone a mild does of a disease to build immunity. - there was no control on the does of the disease you gave them. Gave them the actual disease. People died. |
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
Brought inoculation to the UK |
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Small pox vaccination |
Edward Jenner |
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Who did Jenner test his theory on? |
James Phipps |
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How many people did he test his theory on? |
23 people |
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Royal Society set up |
1798 |
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How did the Royal society refusing to publish Jenner ideas affect him? |
Lost credibility to his ideas. Couldn't explain why his ideas work . |
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Jennerain society |
1802 |
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Government made vaccines compulsory |
1853 |
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Importance of vaccination |
Saved millions of lives Showed scientific methods worked. HOWEVER Didn't know why it worked Couldn't link it to other diseases Diseases still killing people |
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Opposition to Jenner |
Wrong to give people a animal disease. - people thought they'd turn into cows. Interfered with Gods plan. Doctors lost money from inoculation. Some doctors contaminated cow pox vaccines with small pox. Which killed some people. |
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The Germ Theory |
1861 Louis Pasteur |
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Robert Kotch |
- linked bacteria to disease |
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Pasteur |
Microbes in the air caused decay. |
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Robert Koch's work |
Identified microbes that caused Anthrax , TB and cholera. Used chemical dyes to stain bacteria making it easier to study them under a microscope. |
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Effects of Kotch and Pasteur |
Prevention and treatment not immediate > took time to identify microbes that caused disease. Didn't know the cause of all diseases , such as genetic conditions. |
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Spontaneous Generation |
Bacteria was caused by decay. |
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Germ Theory |
1861 |
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Vaccination |
1798 |
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1st medical exams |
1815 |
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1st public health act |
1848 |
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2nd public health act |
1875 |
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Great Stink |
1858 |
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Working Class vote |
1867 |
