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26 Cards in this Set
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What infectious disease spread through Europe in the 14th and 17th century? |
The Black Death |
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What is the name of the theory developed in Ancient Greece to explain illness and later developed by Galen? |
The Four Humours |
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The 'great change' happened in the 16th and 17th century and is known as... |
The Renaissance |
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What was the name of the group set up in 1660 to enable educated people to discuss scientific ideas? |
The Royal Society |
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A way of giving a patient a mild dose of an illness to build up immunity is called... |
Inoculation |
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The theory that illness is caused by bad smells is called... |
Miasma |
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The theory that rubbish or decaying materials creates microbes is called... |
Spontaneous Generation |
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The name of Jenner's discovery is... |
Vaccination |
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What deadly disease first came to Britain in 1831? |
Cholera |
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Who came up with the Germ Theory? |
Pasteur |
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Who developed Pasteur's work further in 1875? |
Koch |
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What was the name of the first female to qualify as a doctor in Britain? |
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson |
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Who's 'The Lady with the Lamp'? |
Florence Nightingale |
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The name given to drugs that stop infections caused by bacteria is... |
Antibiotics |
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What disease did the first magic bullet cure? |
Syphilis |
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What was the first Magic Bullet called? |
Salvarsan 606 |
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What disease was Gerhard Domagk trying to cure in 1932? |
Blood Poisoning |
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Who was the first person to work on developing Penicillin |
Fleming |
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Why didn't Penicillin get developed in the 1920's? |
No funding |
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Who funded the mass production of penicillin? |
The American Government |
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Who are the 2 scientists who developed penicillin? |
Florey and Chain |
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What year was the NHS set up? |
1948 |
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What did Crick and Watson discover? |
DNA |
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What year was vaccination made compulsory? |
1852 |
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What year was the first public health act? |
1848 |
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What did John Snow discover? |
Cholera was spread by dirty water |
