Treatment of Illness and Disease by 1848

Who developed the 4 humours theory?

• Hippocrates

• Galen

• van Leeuwenhoek

• Edward Jenner

What did the miasma theory propose?

• Diseases are caused by an imbalance of humours

• Diseases are caused by microorganisms

• Diseases are caused by a poisonous vapour in the air

• Diseases are caused by spontaneous generation

What did the theory of spontaneous generation claim?

• Microorganisms are too small to be seen without a microscope

• Diseases are caused by an imbalance of humours

• Diseases are caused by a poisonous vapour in the air

• Rotting material creates maggots, fleas, and disease

Who discovered that a small dose of cowpox protects humans from smallpox?

• Hippocrates

• Galen

• Edward Jenner

• van Leeuwenhoek

Which scientist developed a microscope that magnified 1000x without distortion?

• Hippocrates

• Galen

• Edward Jenner

• van Leeuwenhoek