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Medicine Through Time

WJEC GCSE medicine through time important figures
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1928
modern
discovered penicillin
killed bacteria in a lab accidentally
Alexander Fleming
C. 130-210AD
Ancient (influenced medieval)
Theory of opposites
wrote over 300 books used in Europe
Galen
1854
industrial
proved cholera spread by water
removed pump and cases dropped
John Snow
1867
industrial
introduced antiseptic surgery
infection rates in surgery fell
Joseph Lister
C. 460-370 BC
Ancient (influenced medieval)
Theory of the four humours
blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
Hippocrates
1796
industrial
created first vaccine
smallpox vaccine led to a major fall in deaths
Edward Jenner
1855
industrial
provided care for soldiers in Crimean war
funded her own hospital
Mary Seacole
1543
renaissance
disproved Galen by human dissection
proved jaw is one bone, published fabric of the human body
Andreas Vesalius
1940s
modern
developed penicillin for mass use
used widely in ww2
Florey + Chain
1847
industrial
discovered chloroform anaesthetic
made surgery painless
James Simpson
1909
modern
first ‘magic bullet drug’ (Salvarsan)
treated syphillis
Paul Ehrlich
1850s
industrial
improved hospital hygiene and nursing
cut death rates from 40% to 2%
Florence Nightingale
1870s-1880s
industrial
identified specific bacteria that caused disease
found bacteria for TB and cholera
Robert Koch
1628
renaissance
discovered heart is a pump that circulates blood
blood flows in a continuous circuit
William Harvey
Early 1900s
modern
research into radiation and cancer treatment
led to radiotherapy
Marie Curie
1842
industrial
report on poor sanitation led to public health act
linked disease to filthy conditions
Edwin Chadwick
1861
industrial
Developed germ theory
disproved spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur
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