public health

prehistoric

egypt

greek

roman

middle

ages

renaissance

19th century

20th century

hunters moved away from waste

government did nothing

some public toilets. streets not cleaned

aqueducts & public fountains/baths

early towns were filthy- later laws to clean up

recorded causes of death

Edwin Chadwick- 1842 report on sanitary conditions of labouring classes

1911 national insurance act- worker 4p/ employer 3p/gov't 2p a week

trephination

bronze tools &

embalming

Galen- cut live pig- nervous system

Theodoric Di Lucca "clean wounds with wine and close them"

Versalius- proved Galen wrong(jaw 1 bone not 2)

1847 james simpson discovered chloroform

1901 Karl Landsteiner discovered blood groups

public health

surgery &

anatomy