Changes In Medicine 1845-1945

Changes In Medicine 1845-1945

1. The Age of Enlightenment

   • 18th century
     • Small Pox was a major killer
       • FATAL
       • SCARRED
       • DISSFIGURED
   • Inoculation
     • Lady Montagu
       • introduced INOCULATION in Britain
       • healthy person could be IMMUNISED against small pox
         • using pus
           • From sores of someone with the disease (mild)
     • led to FULL-BLOWN smallpox and death
     • doctors become rich from this
   • Milkmaids
     • Edward Jenner
       • people who had cowpox didn't get small pox
       • vaccination was made free for infants in 1840 and compulsory in 1853
     • didn't get small pox
       • would catch mild cowpox