key dates + stats for a revolution in medicine

What was the population growth?

In 1801 it was 16.3m which rose to 41.6m in 1901

When did Pasteur publish the germ theory?

1841

When was nitrous oxide first experimented on?

1795

When did Horace Wells use nitrous oxide?

1844

When did William Clark used ether?

1842

When did ether become popular in Britiain?

1846

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

1847

when did Hannah Grenner die?

1848

When was chloroform given to Queen Victoria?

1853

When was cocoa leaves from South America to produce cocaine used as local anaesthetic?

1850s

When did Joseph lister started using carbolic spray?

1865

When did Lister publish his results and give doctors lectures about his technique?

1867

How much did the death rates decreased after Lister used carbolic acid with his patients who had amputations?

46% to 15%

When did Anderson and Jex-Blake help set up the London School of Medicine for Women?

1874

When did Jex-Blake open her own surgery in Edinburgh?

1878

How many trained nurses were in Britain?

By 1900, over 68 000

When did Cheyne translate Kock’s work?

1879

When did Tyndall lecture doctors about Loch’s discoveries on anthrax?

1876

When did Koch prove that he found the germs causing anthrax?

1876

How many babies died before their diets birthday?

In 1899, 142 out of every thousand

What was the average age of death?

40

How many people was found sharing a single room in Liverpool?

40 in 1847

When did the government set up an inquiry to investigate the health among working class?

1839

When was the first public health act passed?

1848

How many councils had a medical officer of health?

By 1872, 50

When was the Food and Drugs Act, and Housing Act passed?

1875

When was the second Pubkic Health act passed?

1875

When were new sewers built?

1858

How many people died to cholera in ten days?

700 in 1854

When was the great stink?

1858

When was the Snaitray Act passed?

1866

When were working class men given the vote?

1867

What was the death rate?

Fell from 39 in 1800 to 18 in 1900 per 1000 people

When was aspirin used as everyday painkillers?

1899

When was a gelatine pill capsule invented?

1875