GCSE HISTORY - HEALTH AND THE PEOPLE (dates)

In what years is the medieval period in?

500 to 1500 AD

When did the training of doctors start in Europe?

after 1200

In what years did Al-Razi / Rhazes live?

c865 to c925

In what years did Ibn Sina / Avicenna live?

980 to 1037

When did King Edward and the council order the building of public latrines?

1298

When did the Glamorgan council pass laws to prevent butchers throwing animal remains into the street?

1330

When did London mayors and councillors prohibit the killing of large animals within city walls?

1371

When did the London council start making householders pay a fee to have the stream cleaned?

1374

When did parliament start fining those who threw waste into rivers?

1388

When did the black death reach Constantinople?

1347

When did the black death reach England?

1348

When was the Statute of Labourers put into place?

1351

When was the Renaissance at its peak?

the late 1400's

When was the printing press invented?

1451

In what years did Vesalius live?

1514 to 1564

When did Vesalius publish 'The Fabric of the Human Body'?

1543

When did Veslius's work reach Britain?

late 1500's

In what years did Pare live?

1510 to 1590

When did Pare, after running out of hot oil, use an ointment made of rose oil, egg white and turpentine.

1537

When did Pare publish 'Works on Surgery'?

1575

When was 'Works on Surgery' given to barber-surgeons in London?

1591 (but printed in English in 1634)

In what years did Harvey live?

1578 to 1657

When did Harvey become doctor to King Charles I?

1632

When did Harvey publish De Motu Cordis?

1628

When was the Great Plague?

1665

When were quarantine laws introduced to prevent epidemic diseases brought in by ships?

1666

In what years did Hunter live?

1728 - 1793

When were Hunter's books published?

The Natural of the Teeth - 1771
On Venereal Disease - 1786

In what years did Jenner live?

1749 to 1823

When did Jenner carry out his experiment?

1796

When did Jenner publish his findings?

1798

When did the British government make the smallpox vaccination compulsory?

1853

In what years was the Crimean War?

1853 to 1856

When did James Simpson discover chloroform?

1846

When was the first basic microscope invented?

1677

In what years did Pasteur investigate why wine and beer went sour?

1857 to 1860

In what years did Lister live?

1827 to 1917

When did Lister publish his work?

March 1867

When did Koch become famous for his work on Anthrax microbes?

1876

When did the cholera epidemic reach England?

1831

When did John Snow make his major breakthrough about cholera?

1854

When was the Great Stink?

1858

When were working class men given the vote?

1867

In what years did Fleming live?

1881 to 1955

When did Fleming discover penicillin?

1928

When did Florey go to the US government?

1941