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Changes In Medicine 1845-1945

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Mind map on changes in medicine 1845-1945: the Age of Enlightenment, 18th century, inoculation and milkmaids

Mind map: Changes in medicine 1845-1945

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Changes In Medicine 1845-1945

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

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