Medicine And Health

Who discovered the prevention of smallpox?

• JK Rowling

• Edward Jenner

• Dav Pilkey

How did the government prevent the spread of smallpox?

• In 1837, people were not  in favor of hospitals because they thought that hospitals were places people went to die, as hospitals were dirty, medical care was poor and nurse were often untrained.

• In 1840, the government made immunization free for children and in 1853, they were made compulsory.

Who discovered that cholera was caused by dirty water and when was the vaccine introduced?

• John Snow

• Doctors

How did the public health act help to improve the living conditions of the people in towns?

• The public health act made it compulsory for towns to improve living conditions by building new sewers under the streets of London and other cities to clean up the towns.

• n 1837, people were not  in favor of hospitals because they thought that hospitals were places people went to die, as hospitals were dirty, medical care was poor and nurse were often untrained.

Which job was not considered respectable for women in 1837 and who brought a change to that? How?

• Nursing was not seen as a job for a respectable woman and Florence Nightingale was the one person who brought about a changed to all that. She improved the hospitals for wounded soldiers during the Crimean war. When she returned to England, she set up a school to train nurses, and set about improving hospitals, making them clean and airy and offering better medical care.

• Having an operation in the 1840s was very dangerous because half of all patients died, usually from infection caught during the operation or from shock caused by the pain. 

How did people survive complicated operations by 1900?

• Nursing was not seen as a job for a respectable woman and Florence Nightingale was the one person who brought about a changed to all that. She improved the hospitals for wounded soldiers during the Crimean war. When she returned to England, she set up a school to train nurses, and set about improving hospitals, making them clean and airy and offering better medical care.

• Firstly, Doctors started to use anaesthetics to send the people to sleep, which reduced the  risk to shock. Secondly, Antiseptics were discovered which used to keep the wounds clean and prevent infections. This is how by 1900, people  survive complicated operations.

Why was it dangerous to have an operation in the 1840s? 

• Firstly, Doctors started to use anaesthetics to send the people to sleep, which reduced the  risk to shock. Secondly, Antiseptics were discovered which used to keep the wounds clean and prevent infections. This is how by 1900, people  survive complicated operations.

• Having an operation in the 1840s was very dangerous because half of all patients died, usually from infection caught during the operation or from shock caused by the pain. 

Why were people not in favor of hospitals in 1837?

• In 1837, people were not  in favor of hospitals because they thought that hospitals were places people went to die, as hospitals were dirty, medical care was poor and nurse were often untrained.

• The public health act made it compulsory for towns to improve living conditions by building new sewers under the streets of London and other cities to clean up the towns.