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Medicine in the 18th and 19th century [1700-1900] (Treatment (Bleeding…
Medicine in the 18th and 19th century [1700-1900]
Causes
Miasma
Bleeding and purging(about 1850 idea is gone)
Bacteria Germ Theory
Treatment
Bleeding and purigng
Honey
Antiseptics
Hospitals-pavilion style
Nightingale school of nursing.(Trained nurses)
Ligature(stop blood loss by wrapping it up tightley)
Vaccines
Chloroform
Breakthourgh
Cholera bacteria identified by Snow
Germ Theory Pasteur
Vaccines by Robert Koch
Anti-sceptics
Chloroform
Better microscopes
Scientific journals
Government began to take charge of health
Prevention
Public health act 1848.Board of health set up to improve water supply and provide medical offices
!871 Government and vaccination compulsory
Public health act 1875 compulsory for local councils to improve sewers and fresh water
vaccination against disease e.g. small pox Typhus.
Wealthy had toilets in their homes
Sewers were built for cleaner water
Toilets cleaned on a more regular basics+waste cleared away