Mr Elliott Early Modern Medicine 1

What is Germ theory?

• The belief that bad smells cause disease

• The belief that germs cause disease

• Belief that the 4 humours cause disease

• Belief that diseases appear out of nowhere

How did Joseph Lister help prevent wound infections?

• Used Carbolic Acid to clean wounds

• Used hot oil to clean wounds

• Used Citric Acid to clean wounds

• Used hot wax too cover wounds.

What is one of Robert Koch's famous contributions to medicine?

• Created the theory of opposites

• Developed the concept of staining different bacteria which caused diseases.

• Created the process of Pasteurisation

• Develeoped a treatment for Scarlet Fever

Who is credited with creating Germ Theory?

• Hippocrates

• Thomas Sydenham

• William Harvey

• Louis Pasteur

What are two of the vaccines that Louis Pasteur created?

• Rabies and Influenza

• Anthrax and Rabies

• Anthrax and Small Pox

• Small Pox and Rabies

Hospitals were run by this organisation in the Medieval Period 1250-1500.

• The Catholic Church

• The King

• The Barons

• Merchant traders

During the Crimean War in the 1800's, Florence Nightingale focused her attention on making hospitals cleaner and that patients were kept clean. This reduced the death rate in hospitals from 40% to

• 30%

• 15%

• 55%

• 2%