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EDEXCEL IGCSE HISTORY MEDICINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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Over 21,000 people had died from cholera, a new illness in Britain, in a year - ANSWER 1832
Chadwick publishes his report on the sanitary conditions of the working population
He suggested that it would be cheaper if local taxes were used for improving housing and hygiene
He also suggested providing clean water, removing sewage and clearing rubbish
INVEST IN HOUSING AND SANITATION - ANSWER 1842
Wells discovered nitrous oxide caused people not to feel pain
Public demonstration of tooth extraction - ANSWER 1845
William Morton found that the gas ether was a more long lasting anaesthetic - ANSWER 1846
Liston amputated a man's leg, using Ether - ANSWER 1846
James Simpson discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform at Edinburgh university
Simpson started using it to help women in childbirth
LIMITATIONS
- One man died from an overdose
- Army leaders opposed it saying it was 'soft'
, - Doctors were unable to prescribe the correct amount - ANSWER 1847
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
PROVISIONS
-Allowed towns to set up a local board of health
-Appointed local medical officer in towns
-Organised the removal of rubbish from towns
-Built a sewer system in towns
ISSUES
-It allowed towns to do this but did not force them to
-Only 1/3 of towns set up a board of health and fewer appointed a medical officer
-The terms were only temporary
-General board of health was abolished in 1858 - ANSWER 1848
The 'BLACK PERIOD' of surgery as anaesthetics existed but antiseptics did not
The absence of pain meant more people agreed to have surgery, however, the death rate went up
because many died afterwards from infection - GANGRENE - ANSWER 1846 - 1860
Semmelweiss encourages doctors to wash their hands - ANSWER 1847
Snow creates the chloroform inhaler which makes it safer to administer - ANSWER 1848
Second major Cholera outbreak in Britain - ANSWER 1848
Queen Victoria gave birth to her 8th child under chloroform making it sociably acceptable
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