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Medicine & treatment
1750 - 1900
- Patent medicines
- 19th century, less use made of herbal remedies
as people moved away from countryside.
Apothecaries sold 'preparations' which they
advertised being a cure for everything.
- A mixture that has been created by
one person or company and is sold
under a particular brand.
- Covered in gold or silver leaf for
rich people, more attractive &
easier to swallow.
- 19th century, less use made of herbal remedies
as people moved away from countryside.
Apothecaries sold 'preparations' which they
advertised being a cure for everything.
- Kill diseases
- Tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera,
diphtheria, smallpox.
- Miasma: Caused by bad air that
was filled with poisonous fumes
from rotting matter.
- Spontaneous Generation: Caused by
germs that were produced by flesh and
vegetables as they rotted.
- Cholera: Spread through bacteria
passed on through food and water that
have been contaminated by the excreta
of an infected person.
- Tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera,
diphtheria, smallpox.
- Jenner & vaccination
- Inoculation: A way of giving a patient
a mild dose of an illness so that the
body builds up its immunity.
- Smallpox parties: People who could
not afford to get inoculated, could.
- Inoculation: A way of giving a patient
a mild dose of an illness so that the
body builds up its immunity.
- The germ theory
- 1. End of 19th century,
scientific research carried out by a
team rather than a individual.
- 2. 1850's Louis Pasteur
investigated problems of
liquids turning sour
- 3. More powerful microscopes meant
Pasteur could observe growth of
unwanted organisms.
- 4. Discovered heating liquids
killed bacteria & stopped liquid
going sour.
- 5. 1861 Pasteur published germ
theory.
- 1. End of 19th century,
scientific research carried out by a
team rather than a individual.
- Doctors & training
- Practical experience: Qualified doctors
could apply for a position at a hospital,
under supervision of an experienced doctor.
- Practical experience: Qualified doctors
could apply for a position at a hospital,
under supervision of an experienced doctor.
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