changes to health and medicine

With which of the following is William Harvey associated?

After the discovery of chloroform in 1857, what name was given to the 20-year period when the death rate increased?

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

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

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

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

Who designed the Thomas splint?

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

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

Who discovered X-rays in 1895?

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

With which area of medicine is Vesalius linked?

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

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

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

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

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

In the Middle Ages, what was a lazar house?

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

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

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

Who discovered penicillin in 1928?

Which branch of science did Robert Koch develop?

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

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

In the Middle Ages, what were latrines?

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 1901, who discovered the different blood groups?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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