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Key developments in medicine in the 19th century

	Created by sollars.l almost 8 years ago

19th Century Medicine Through Time

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What was Spontaneous Generation?

Who was Louis Pasteur?

When was the Germ Theory

Pasteur was interested in sheep. Discuss.

Pasteur also experimented on Chickens. Why?

How did Robert Koch develop Louis Pasteur's Germ Theory?

What were the problems of surgery in 1800?

Who was Joseph Lister?

Why did people oppose the use of Carbolic Spray?

What is aseptic surgery?

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

What was used for anaesthetic before the 1840s?

What decade did Joseph Lister develop his theories?

Why did people oppose chloroform?

What was the Black Period of Surgery?

What was nursing like before 1800?

Florence Nightingale

Mary Seacole

Why were blood transfusions unsuccessful before 1900?