GCSE Medicine in Britain Timeline (1250 - Present)

What was first invented in 1470?

What was the title of Vesalius' works published in 1543?

When did William Harvey publish his discoveries in 'On the Motions of the Heart and Blood'?

When was the Royal Society founded?

What major event began in 1665?

When did Thomas Sydenham publish his observations on illnesses like 'gout' in the book 'Medical Observations'?

In 1798, who published his finding and on what?

What anaesthetic does James Simpson discover in 1847?

Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine was made compulsory in...?

In 1855 the book 'On the Mode of Communication of Cholera' was written by whom?

Florence Nightingale published what book in 1859?

The Germ Theory by Louis Pasteur was published in what year?

The Public Health Act was passed in what year?

What spores did Robert Koch identify in 1876?

When were x-rays discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen?

Ehrlich and Hata discovered the first bullet in 1909, what was it called?

When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?

When was the second magic bullet discovered (by Domagk) and what was it called?

What did Florey and Chain do in 1938-1940?

When was was diphtheria vaccination campaign launched by the government?

The NHS was founded in what year?

Watson and Crick made what discovery in 1953?

The first Polio vaccination campaign set up by the government was in what year?

Cigarette adverts were banned from television in what year?

The very first heart transplant was performed by whom in what year?

The Human Genome Project was completed in what year?

Smoking was banned in public places in what time period?