WJEC GCSE Changes in health and medicine, c.1340 to the present day

In which year did Dr Christiaan Barnard carry out the world’s first heart transplant?

Plague Doctors in 1665 wore masks to keep out miasma.

Which is not a cause of disease in Medieval times?

Impact of the Black Death

Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

How long were plague sufferers quarantined inside their homes during the Great Plague, 1665?

In which year did the Liberal government introduce free school meals for children?

How did people try to prevent catching the Black Death?

How were diseases like cholera and typhoid spread during the industrial revolution?

Which act of 1875 forced councils to provide clean water, effective drainage and sewage systems in each area?

In 1952 what was responsible for the deaths of 12,000 Londoners?

Human and industrial waste dumped into rivers, causing cholera and other diseases.

Causes of the Black Death

For his research in which area was Martin Evans awarded a Nobel Prize in 2007?

When was the Spanish Flu Epidemic?

Who was the first Minister of Health when the NHS was created in 1948?

London was a dirty, crowded city in 1665. The conditions meant there were a lot of what?

How many pets were killed during the Great Plague, 1665?

Beliefs about the causes of disease in Medieval times include

What was another 'cause' of disease in medieval times?

How can we prevent Cholera?

In 1854, Florence Nightingale left Britain to nurse soldiers during which war?

Under the terms of the National Insurance Act of 1911, how much did employees contribute to the scheme each week?

With which of the following is William Harvey associated?

Vaccinations has almost eradicated smallpox on our planet.

How many new council houses were built by the Labour government between 1945 and 1951?

In which south Wales town was there an earlier, local version of the NHS in the 1930s?

Who was the most famous soothsayer in the medieval period?

What was the death toll in Merthyr from Cholera in Wales in 1849?

Plague doctors from 1665 would have had some protection from the plague thanks to their uniforms.

In which year was Great Ormond Street children’s hospital founded?

The Cold Water Treatment is a ____ for female hysteria.

Alchemy is the medieval forerunner of

Pasteur worked on which type of cholera?

Why do many historians believe that the Great Fire of London helped to improve public health in the city?

What did Ambroise Paré use to tie off blood vessels to stop bleeding during operations?

Which town in Wales was worst affected by Cholera in 1832?

Which anaesthetic did James Simpson introduce?

The 'mediciner' in the Laws of Hywel Dda occupied an important place in a landowners household in Wales

Who discovered X-rays in 1895?

Which governments were responsible for the welfare reforms of the period 1906–1914?

What did Joseph Lister use during operations to stop wounds from becoming septic?

Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to cholera and typhoid in England

In the Middle Ages, what was a lazar house?

What did Physicians and Soothsayers do to prevent illnesses in medieval times?

Barber-surgeons would use leeches on their patients

In the Middle Ages, what were latrines?

In the Middle Ages, what name was given to the books of plants that contained remedies for diseases?

At the time of the MMR debate what was the coverage by the media

The two scientists involved in the MMR debate were:

During the Renaissance, which important development helped new medical ideas spread rapidly?

What were the causes of illness and disease?

What was the name of the 1942 report which proposed the creation of a free national health service?

Cholera, typhoid, and other diseases spread quickly due to the Industrial Revolution...

How did the doctors cure the plague in 1665?

Major advances in 20th century medicine include

Edward Jenner is well known around the world for his contribution to immunization and ...

How did Robert Koch prove that every disease was caused by a different germ?

Medieval doctors

Which type of people were most frequently found in medieval hospitals?

Who were the most famous family of doctors in medieval Wales?

In 1901, who discovered the different blood groups?

With which area of medicine is Vesalius linked?

Child bed fever is

How did the government deal with the 1665 Plague differently to the 1348 Plague?

Which part of medicine is John Snow and cholera?

John Snow investigated the cholera outbreak of which year?

The Spanish flu epidemic

In what years were there cholera outbreaks in Wales?

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children was founded on 14 February in what year?

Marie Curie’s work on radiation was important in which other development in medicine?

What was Louis Pasteur's discovery?

In 1665, a plague attacked London. This plague was transmitted through

After the discovery of chloroform, what name was given to the 20-year period when the death rate from surgery increased?

Which town did Sir Henry de le Beche describe in his public health report in 1845?

In which year were prescription charges introduced, ending the free treatment which had been the aim of the NHS?

In 1665 Plague doctors had beaks of herbs.

What did Robert Koch discover?

Who did medieval doctors treat?

In medieval times, which organisation ran most of the hospitals in Britain?

Apart from blood letting the medieval doctors used to diagnose illness by examining ....

Who designed the Thomas splint?

Encouraged the use of antiseptics

What name was given to four liquids which medieval doctors needed to be kept in balance for people to remain healthy?

Robert Koch discovered the bacteria which caused?

In the Middle Ages, who would poor people go to if they wanted a broken arm set?

Realising its importance, how much did the US government invest in research into penicillin in World War II?

The Spanish Flu epidemic originated in ?

Who wrote the Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population in 1842?

What was a cause of poor hygiene in the medieval period

What was the problem with hygiene in the Medieval period?

The Black Death FIRST originated in which place?

Which branch of science did Robert Koch develop?

Who was Louis Pasteur?

The study of which liquid led Louis Pasteur to develop his germ theory?

Which plague hit London 1665-1666?

What caused child bed fever?

Who published a report in 1889 which showed that one third of people in London lived in poverty?

Which of these was a traditional treatment in the Medieval era?

_________ spread the Black Death.