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52 Cards in this Set
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Hippocrates
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Began the Hippocratic Oath
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Hippocrates
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Theory of four humours
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Hippocrates
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Wrote the Hippocratic Corpus
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Asclepios
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Greek healing God
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Asclepios
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Had temples called Asclepions
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Asclepios
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Sacred animal - snake
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Asclepios
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Treated patients at night
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Galen
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Was a doctor to gladiators
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Galen
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Appealed to Christians, had massive influence
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Galen
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Supported Hippocrates, believed in opposites
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Galen
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Only recorded successes
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Paracelsus
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Burnt Galen's books, called him a liar
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Vesalius
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Proved Galen wrong - no hole in heart
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Vesalius
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Fabric of the Human Body, had diagrams
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Vesalius
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Allowed to dissect bodies
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Pare
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Was barber/army surgeons |
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Pare
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Invented ligatures and ointment
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Harvey
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Compared animals and humans
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Harvey |
Proved that blood circulates
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Harvey
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Unsuccessful blood transfusions, no real change
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Jenner
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Invented vaccinations - smallpox
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Jenner
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Tested on James Phepps (injection)
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Pasteur
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Proved there was germs in air
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Pasteur
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Vaccinated against chicken cholera, rabies and anthrax
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Koch
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Linked disease to microbes
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Koch
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Grew cultures and coloured microbes |
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Koch
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Identified anthrax, TB and cholera
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Simpson
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Found chloroform as an anaesthetic
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Lister
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Started using hand wash
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Lister
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Antiseptic - used carbolic spray |
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Lister
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Aseptic - used carbolic acid to clean equipment
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Nightingale
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Requested to be a nurse in CW
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Nightingale
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Reduced death rate in Crimea
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Nightingale
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Started training nurses
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Seacole
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Volunteered for CW but rejected
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Seacole
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Ran 'British Hotel' in CW
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Ehrlich
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Discovered chemicals as synthetic antibodies |
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Ehrlich
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Salvarson 606 - cured syphilis
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Domagk
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Cured blood poisoning (streptococci)
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Fleming
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Accidentally discovered penicllin
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Fleming
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Couldn't take penicillin work further (WW1)
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Florey
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Knew penicillin could be used to treat war wounds
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Florey
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Pitched penicillin to USA |
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Florey
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Couldn't mass produce penicillin himself
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Chain
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Helped Florey purify penicillin
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Chain
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Completed clinical trials with Florey
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Chain
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Won Nobel Prize with Florey and Fleming
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Beveridge
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Published the Beveridge Report
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Beveridge
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Helped introduce minimum wage |
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Bevan
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Labour Minister for Health
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Bevan
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Introduced the NHS
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Bevan
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Introduced compulsory National Insurance
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