Medicine Through Time 1848-1948

1889 - Infectious Disease Act

WW2

Developments in plastic surgery, blood transfusions, brain and heart surgery

1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers 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

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

Made reporting compulsory in most provinces

This discovery was later improved upon by the works of Florey and Chain who demonstrated the worth of penicillin

Helped the discovery of many antibiotics and inspired new ideas

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