19th century medical developments

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What was still a common medical treatment in 1700? Options: Antibiotics, Bleeding and purging, Vaccination, Radiation therapy

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Bleeding and purging

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Who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation?

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Louis Pasteur

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What did Robert Koch identify in 1876?

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The bacterium that caused Anthrax

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What was a major problem solved by James Simpson?

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Pain during surgery

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What did Florence Nightingale significantly improve? Options: Hospital hygiene and nursing, Surgical techniques, Vaccine development, Germ theory

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Hospital hygiene and nursing

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What was the first disease to be declared eradicated by the WHO?

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Smallpox

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What did John Snow prove about cholera?

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It was transmitted through water.

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What was a consequence of the population explosion in Britain?

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Worsened living and working conditions

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What was a significant public health action taken by the government in 1875?

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Improving sewers and drainage

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What was a common ingredient in patent medicines of the 19th century?

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Turpentine