GCSE History - Medicine Through Time Important Dates

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1348-1349	1348-1349
The printing press was invented	1440
When the Royal Society first met	1660
The Great Plague of London	1665
Smallpox vaccine developed by Jenner	1796
Discovery if nitrous oxide	1799
"Sanitary Conditions of Labouring Classes" published by Chadwick	1842
First surgery performed with anaesthetic (ether)	1846
First use of chloroform	1847
First Public Health Act	1848
Smallpox vaccine made compulsory	1853
Main cholera outbreak in London	1854
"Germ Theory" published by Pasteur	1861
Second Public Health Act	1875
Koch proved the germ theory	1875
Women allowed to enter the medical profession	1876
Discovery of blood groups	1901
Discovery of the magic bullet (Salverson 606)	1909
National Health Insurance Act	1911
Penicillin discovered by Fleming	1928
NHS established	1948
Discovery of DNA's double helix structure by Walson and Crick	1953
Made illegal to smoke in public areas	2007