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| Question | Answer |
| What was Ignaz Semmelweis key idea? | Washing hands to prevent infection |
| Who was the dentist who first used ether as an anaesthetic | William Morton |
| Name the four people who solved the problem of storing blood | Lewisohn, Weil Rous and Turner |
| Name the two main people involved in the discorvery of the structure of DNA. | James Watson Francis Crick |
| Name the man who wrote the report that reccomended the setting up of the NHS | William Berveridge |
| What is Paul Ehrlich famous for? | Discovered the first magic bullet. |
| What was Joseph Bazalgette's contribution to public health? | designed and built the London sewers |
| Who was responsible for the discovery of the idea of blood groups? | Karl Landsteiner |
| Why was Edwin Chadwick important in public health? | Wrote a report that reccomended improvements in living conditions. Wanted medical officers and clean water supplies |
| How did florence Nightingale improve hospitals? | Better ventilation, sanitation and hygiene |
| Name the minister for health who introduced the NHS in 1948 | Nye Bevan |
| Who made chloroform safe as an anaesthetic. How did they do this? | John Snow Developed the chloroform inhaler that made it possible to regulate the dosage. |
| Name the two renaissance doctors key to the course. What was their area of expertise? | William harvery - circulation of the blood Andreas Vesalius - Anatomy. |
| What was Edward Jenner's key contribution to medicine. | DEvloped the first vaccine - for Smallpox. |
| What key piece of equipment did Lister develop? how did this help surgery? | Carbolic spray prevented infection |
| What were Florey and Chain interested in? Who's ideas did they develop? | Penicillin. Alexander Fleming. |
| Name the person who introduced the theory of the 4 humours | Hippocrates |
| Give two reasons why Robert Koch was so important in the development of medicine and surgery | Showed diesease in humans caused by germs steam steriliser |
| Who had a giraffe in his study and made an important contribution to the development of scientific method | John Hunter |
| Name the person who tried to create equality for women who wanted to become doctors. | Elizabeth Garret Anderson. |
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