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treatments
blood letting, 'prevention is better than cure'
cold water treatment
visiting seaside reommened, drink cold water daily to remove impurities (rich only)
james lind
Discovered a cure for scurvy, vitamin c 1753 (didnt know why fruit helped tho)
Alexander gordon
1795- Studied child-bed fever and advocated washing hands in chlorinated water
john snow
solved broad street cholera - by finding clean water in pub well (didnt know why it worked)
Edward jenner
developed the first vaccine for smallpox using cowpox
When did vaccination become compulsory?
1853
Louis Pasteur
germ theory
Robert Koch
identified harmful bacteria and antibodies for them
what vaccines were made in 19th century
polio, mmr, hep b
Hippocrates developed what?
four humours, dieting and excersise
arabic world developed what?
cleanliness, fresh air
church impact
argued physical illness was manifestation of spiritual illness, conducted marches for forgiveness
attempts to prevent disease
dont wash face (opening pores allows disease), carry sweet smelling herbs, killed all dogs and cats
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