Factors That Shaped the History of Medicine

Medicine Through Time Factors By Miss Norton www.SchoolHistory.co.uk

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How do we examine factors? ,[object Object],[object Object],Second World War The need for an antibiotic Individuals - Fleming, Florey and Chain Chance - the discovery of mould!

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Warfare ,[object Object],Roman army hospitals Paré’s ointment and ligatures Nightingale and the conditions in hospitals Penicillin X-rays & Skin grafts

Governments ,[object Object],[object Object],Romans - aqueducts, baths 19th Century - Public Health act Mass vaccinations 1948 Start of NHS Medieval towns - Plague Industrial Cities - cholera, typhoid, high death rates Govt involvement means health for all, not just the rich

Religion Did Religion help or hinder? It spread ideas and education Provided care for the needy Kept the ideas of Galen Some helped as they were called by God Prevented dissection Prevented new ideas as Galen’s fitted the Churches teachings Dissection allowed around 1400 - Protestantism began

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Individuals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What was their effect on medicine?

Individuals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Without these people would there have been a change?

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