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1
Q

Writing developed in Egypt

A

c3000BC

2
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Cult of Asclepius popular

A

c400BC

3
Q

Hippocratic Corpus

A

c420-350BC

4
Q

Birth of Galen

A

129

5
Q

Fall of Rome

A

476

6
Q

Synod of Whitby

A

663

7
Q

Life of Avicenna

A

980-1037

8
Q

Black Death

A

1348

9
Q

Printing in Europe

A

1454

10
Q

Founding of the Royal Society

A

1660

11
Q

Great Plague of London

A

1665

12
Q

Inoculation in Britain

A

1720

13
Q

First Vaccination

A

1796

14
Q

Cholera in Britain

A

1831

15
Q

Chadwick report

A

1842

16
Q

Ether and Chloroform in use

A

1846/7

17
Q

1st Public Health Act

A

1848

18
Q

Cholera linked to water pollution

A

1854 (by Snow)

19
Q

Germ Theory

A

1857 (by Pasteur)

20
Q

Public Health Act

A

1875

21
Q

Antiseptic in general use

A

1890

22
Q

First X-rays

A

1895

23
Q

Becquerel discovers radioactivity

A

1896

24
Q

Blood groups discovered

A

1900

25
Q

Liberal reforms

A

1906

26
Q

Penicillin

A

1928 (by Fleming)

27
Q

World War II

A

1939-45

28
Q

First kidney transplant

A

1951

29
Q

Structure of DNA identified

A

1953

30
Q

The Pill

A

Late 1950s

31
Q

AIDS discovered

A

1981