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Medicine Through Time 1848-1948 - Coggle Diagram
Medicine Through Time 1848-1948
1889 - Infectious Disease Act
Made reporting compulsory in most provinces
WW2
Developments in plastic surgery, blood transfusions, brain and heart surgery
1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
This discovery was later improved upon by the works of Florey and Chain who demonstrated the worth of penicillin
James Simpson
1847 - James Simpson discovers chloroform as anaesthetic
Marie Curie
Curie develops use of radiotherapy in cancer treatment
Joseph Lister
Lister's first use of carbolic acid in surgery
Medicine Act
Allows women to study medicine and qualify as doctors
John Snow
1854 - Cholera epidemic. John Snow and the Broad St pump
WW1
Developments in X-ray, military hospitals, blood transfusions, brain surgery and plastic surgery.
1848 - Public Health Act
Robert Koch
Koch identifies microorganisms causing TB
Koch identifies microorganisms causing cholera
1946 - National Health Service Act
1948 - National Health Service begins
Louis Pasteur
1861 - Pasteur's Germ Theory
Helped the discovery of many antibiotics and inspired new ideas
1907 - School Medicine Service introduced
1875 - Public Health Act
Florence Nightingale
1859 - Florence Nightingale publishes Notes on Hospitals and Notes on Nursing
1860 - Nightingale School for training of nurses established