Studied by 6 people
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
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