'Re-birth'- A period from the late 1400s when learning from the ancients and creating new ideas was encouraged
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Company of Barber Surgeons
Created in a charter by Henry VIII in 1540. It made the Barber Surgeon a regulated and respectable profession
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Quackery
Quacks were travelling salesmen who sold all sorts of questionable medicines and 'cure-alls'
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New Lands
Discoveries of new lands brought new medicines such as Lemons and Limes to treat scurvy and Quinine to treat malaria
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Great Plague
The 14th century plague returned in 1665 killing around 100,000 people in London
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'Women Searchers'
Women sent out to examine the sick and identify anyone who had the plague
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Quarantine
Plague victims were locked in their houses with a red cross painted on the door. Watchmen would stand on guard to make sure that they did not leave and spread disease
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Bills of Mortality
By studying these lists of the dead, people realised that most of the deaths occurred in the poorest and dirtiest parts of the city
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Hospital Boom
Unlike in the Middle Ages, hospitals became increasingly set up by charitable gifts or by private people. E.g. Westminster Hospital was founded by a private bank in 1719 and Guy's Hospital was founded by a merchant called Thomas Guy in 1724.
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Manchester Royal Infirmary
Founded in 1752 by local factory owner Joseph Bancroft
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Dispensaries
By 1800 as well as treating patients for free, hospitals added dispensaries where the poor could obtain medicine free of charge
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Changing Attitudes
In hospitals, there was more focus on treatment and learning. Less people thought illness was a punishment from God and Christians tried to promote the importance of caring for your community
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Royal College of Surgeons
Set up in 1745 to st surgeons apart from Barber Surgeons. HQ near Newgate prison to allow a regular flow of executed prisoners for dissection
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Smallpox
Highly contagious virus spread by human contact. It was one of the biggest killers in the 18th century and left terrible scars on its victims.
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Inoculation
A process popular in China for protecting people against disease by infecting the pacient with some of the virus before they caught it. Could still be dangerous.
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Sutton Method
An easier was of inoculation was developed by father and son surgeon Robert and Daniel Sutton. Became popular in England.
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Vaccination
A safe way to protect someone from catching a disease. Made famous by Edward Jenner and taken from the Latin word for cow-'vacca'
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Card 2
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Created in a charter by Henry VIII in 1540. It made the Barber Surgeon a regulated and respectable profession
Back
Company of Barber Surgeons
Card 3
Front
Quacks were travelling salesmen who sold all sorts of questionable medicines and 'cure-alls'
Back
Card 4
Front
Discoveries of new lands brought new medicines such as Lemons and Limes to treat scurvy and Quinine to treat malaria
Back
Card 5
Front
The 14th century plague returned in 1665 killing around 100,000 people in London
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