Bloodletting drugs that makes a person unable to feel pain
a substance used to fight bacterial infection in the body make clean or free of germs
British Government report during World War II that led to the establishment of the welfare state
taking blood from a sick person to cure or heal them Child mortality the death of children over one month and under the age of five
Four humours four major fluids in the body – blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm – which Ancient Greeks and Romans believed caused disease if they were not in balance
Inoculation Leeches Pandemic Public health Vaccination
giving a weak form of a disease to a person by injection to protect against that disease (vaccination)
worms used for bloodletting worldwide spread of a new disease
the overall health of the population, as protected and improved by the actions of government
giving a person a vaccine to prevent them developing a disease (inoculation) Topics/Time Ancient Rome
Sickness and Cures
What caused sickness? Galen
Four humours Cures
Bloodletting Herbal remedies The gods Dissection of people banned
Summary: Health and Medicine The Renaissance
Changes in medicine Vesalius – On the Fabric of the Human Body Anatomy
Dissection of humans Harvey – circulation of the blood Paré – surgery Printing press spread ideas
Industrial Society
New ideas on sickness Pasteur – germs cause disease
Koch – bacteria Viruses discovered
Better diagnosis and care
Microscopes Stethoscopes X-rays Laboratory methods Jenner and vaccination Simpson and anaesthetics Antiseptics and cleanliness
Nightingale and nursing
Modern Times
Scientific discoveries on causes of sickness Insulin
Hormones DNA
Human Genome Project Electron microscope Ultrasound CAT scanners MRI
Prevention and cures Fleming and penicillin Vaccines prevent many diseases – TB, measles, polio Pregnancy and fertility Pandemics