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Key Individuals - Coggle Diagram
Key Individuals
Modern
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Queen Victoria
In 1853 Queen Victoria used chloroform during the birth of Prince Leopold and spoke favourably of it, promoting its use and making it acceptable in the eye of the public
Industrial
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Joseph Lister
English surgeon who developed the first antiseptic, carbolic acid, in 1865. His work was based on Pasteur's germ theory.
Florence Nightingale
British nurse who transformed hospital care. She wrote "Notes on Nursing" in 1859 and founded a nursing school to train up more women.
Renaissance
Andreas Vesalius
Renaissance physician who wrote "On the Fabric of the Human Body" in 1543. His work on anatomy disproved many of Galen's theories.
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Thomas Sydenham
English physician who stressed the importance of observing and recording symptoms, rather than blaming illness on an imbalance of humours. Known as the "English Hippocrates".
Charles II
Stuart King who gave the Royal Society its royal charter in 1662. He had a keen interest in science and medicine, but ironically died after being given medieval humoural treatments.
Medieval
Galen
Physician from Ancient Rome who developed the Theory of Opposites, based on the idea of the Four Humours. He also wrote hundreds of books on human anatomy.
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