How much did medicine change between 1750-1900?

Answer 1

The biggest area of progress was in doctors and training because they had the works of Galen as the bass for all the medical training which they could later build on. However the large amount of progress made was really down to Vesalius as he carried out dissections and wrote a book which increased the understanding of anatomy. He also made many more discoveries such as that the jaw bone was made up of only one bone. The fact that universities and medical schools were founded in the 12th century meant that they could do even more research to add to their knowledge. The printing press helped a lot as it meant that they could take in so much information in a time period.

Answer 2

Several reasons why there was a huge amount of change between 1750 and 1900:

A) Rapid growth of towns and poor living conditions led to governments getting involved and improving public health.

B) Improved communications including the development of the railways and the electric telegram led to more rapid spread of ideas.

C) Development of technology, better microscopes, led to more discoveries.

D) Development of sciences, led to discovery of germs, anaesthetics.

E) Wars forced change Crimean war (nursing), Franco-Prussian war (rivalry between Pasteur and Koch)

F) Chance - Pasteur and the discovery of chicken cholera vaccine 1880

G) Individuals - Nightingale, Pasteur, Koch, Lister, Jenner

2) Edward Jenner - 18th century turning point - led to development of vaccinations

3) Pasteur and Koch - discovered germ theory and developed vaccinations.

4) Developments in surgery

5)Improvements in Public Health