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Germ theory

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1860!

2
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Louis Pasteur

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  • Gerry theory 1860
  • linked dirt and disease.
  • he didn’t prove it.
  • only proved on food.
  • disproved the spontaneous generation theory.
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Robert kosh.

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  • proved Louis pastures work, by using TB and rats and linked hoe Bactria caused disease,
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Paul Erhlich

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  • worked on kosh’s work.
  • studied blood and immunity.
  • invented magic bullets.
  • treated people for syphilis.
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Joseph listers discoveries

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He sprayed carbolic acid into the surgical room to kill all bacteria.

  • late 19th Century
  • was successful to stop disease spreading however, it was a big irritant.
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James Simpson.

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  • 1847
  • used chloroform as a anaesthetic.
  • knew how much to give to patients
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Public health in 18th century.

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  • more people went to the city to work in factory’s.
  • cramped, dirty, easy to spread disease.
  • lots of cholera epidemics, E,G 1832.
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1848 public health act passed by government!

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  • after cholera epidemic.
  • towns would set up there own local board of health as long as taxpayers agreed.
  • not many people wanted to pay to improve living conditions.
  • it was unsuccessful.
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Public health act of 1875.

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  • passed by government to stop some spread of disease.
  • Forced the councils to take action.
  • cleaning streets, create sewer systems, provide drinking water, provide street lighting, local sanitary inspectors looked after slaughter houses and stopped contaminated products being sold.
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John Snow

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  • mapped out deaths of cholera epidemic in 1849.
  • proved it was spread by dirty water not air.
  • needed government input to make sure water was clean.
  • his theory wasn’t accepted until past 1860 germ theory.
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Edwin Chadwick

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After snows work he campaigned for the public health act of 1848.