Topic 2: Attempts to prevent illness and disease

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