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history of medicine in Britain

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barriers to progress
inversant the different beliefs that made it so that further discoveries in medicine were prevented
5  cards
Florence nightingale and changes in hospitals
understand there changes that nightingale implimented in the hospital in Scutari
6  cards
dangers in surgery and the impact of Simpson and chloroform
to understand how chloroform and Simpson help with te dangers of surgery
10  cards
public health in 1848
understand why public heath was so bad
11  cards
pasteurs and the development of the germ theory
to understand how Pasteur found out of the germ theory
4  cards
improvements to surgery and listers work on antiseptics
understand hoe there was improvement in surgery and how the use of antiseptics helped
9  cards
public health act 1875
understand what the government did to improve public health
9  cards
nightingale and her impact on hospitals all over
understand how nightingales improvements helped hospitals
4  cards
Elizabeth Garrett and the progress of women in medicine
understand how the role of Garrett helped with the progress of women in medical field
8  cards
the fight against germs koch and his work on bacteria
understand how koch s work helped with the understanding of bacteria
4  cards
blood transfusions, magic bullet ehrlish work and marie curies work on radioactivity
understand how the previous discoveries help create all of the above
8  cards
how surgery was used in ww2
understand how docteurs would treat wounded solders and how was plastic surgery effective
5  cards
public act reform
to understand the role the government had on the public health at that time
1  cards

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