Personality Area of medicine Key significance Extra info

Ambrosie pare Blood loss When he ran out of oil for

cauterisation, he tied off blood
vessels, ligature which prevented
blood loss
He was very observant. He
was an army doctor.
William Harvey Blood loss Blood circulations and properties. He
published his theories in a book in
1628 and was mostly well received
Humours but precise,
He did not sleep and spent his
time in caves
Sammuelweis Hygiene/infection Importance of hygiene. He made a
chlorinates lime solution (early
soap). Bad temper wrote a book
Sad life, nobody liked him. He
was later thrown into a mental
institute and died from
infection
John snow Anesthics Made inhaler that allowed accurate
amounts of chloroform and ether for
safety
He was poor, but later became
one of the most accomplished
people, performing anesthics
on the queen.
Karl
Landsteiner
Blood loss Discovery of distinguished blood
groups for safe blood transfusions.
He also isolated the polio virus.
Awarded the Nobel prize,
come from a rich background
of doctors and law
Edward Jenna Infections He was the pioneer of small pox, the
worlds first vaccine. Discovered
from cowpox
He was called the father of
immunology
Louis pasture Infections He showed that disease was
airborne, allowed more knowledge
of bacteria and helped with disease.
Pasteurisation- heating food for the
killing of harmful microbes.
Changes the understanding of
disease.

Robter kock Infection The postulates.
4 guide lines to identify disease
causing microbes
He helped people to
understand the body more
and helped

Robert Erlich Infection Blood staining- allows people to see
cells clearly and allows plasma cells
to become visible
The magic bullet ( chemo therapy) a
compound that specifically targets
pathogens
The side chain theory- theory of
immunisation

Versailies ANATOMY He studied the human body through
surgery and dissection , practise,
records (the fabrica)
Proved galens statements wrong.
Dissections (even on himself)
Practice
Wrote an booklet and drew
high quality charts and
illustration
John snow disease He discovered that cholera was
caused by germs in the water not air.
Made a water pump for good water.
London sewer system was so
bad (the great stink) this lead
to cholera.

History convict medicine
Detailed reporting of the crews welfare and health. It shows what they did and shaw on a dya to day
basis and what they concluded about new disease. It is a witting source as it was meant to be
handed in to the government. This does not compromise the reliability because they were pressured
to wrte accurately.
They thought that some diseases were caused by weather
There were conflict caused by fools
Survy was common on ships and they used citrits food to treat it.
The only anesthics were alcohol
There was cauterisation and rough surgey with horrible surgery. \
There was strict quarteen
Accidents were a common cause of disease
People were commonly influenced by tropical diseases such as yello feaver
The transportation of convicts lasted from 1787 1868. 160thousand people transport
Takes 90 days for an average journey.
1792 naval surgeons were appointed to the ship
There were a lot of wome that were transported with alo of children with 90 percent being of boys
The journals had a lot of names and dayly recordings of illdness.

The journal of 101/38/2 by john bany shows the everyday events that happened onboard the ship. It shows
the punishments of the misbehaved featuring a mutiny that resulted in guards shooting prisoners and the
consequences they have to later deal with. It shows how group prayers were employed in attempt to cure
sea sickness and brief record of disease during the period on the ship.