Growth of hospitals (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Time period of major hospital transformation in Britain
Time period of major hospital transformation in Britain
Late 18th and early 19th centuries
Hospital purpose shift (from → to)
Hospital purpose shift (from → to)
From caring for dying to actively treating patients
Most significant figure in hospital reform
Most significant figure in hospital reform
Florence Nightingale
Dates of the Crimean War
Dates of the Crimean War
1853-1856
Death rate drop in military hospitals (Nightingale reforms)
Death rate drop in military hospitals (Nightingale reforms)
From 42% to 2%
Nightingale's 3 main reform areas
Nightingale's 3 main reform areas
Cleanliness, organization, professional nursing training
Nightingale's influential publication on nursing
Nightingale's influential publication on nursing
Notes on Nursing
Nightingale's first nursing establishment
Nightingale's first nursing establishment
Britain's first official nurse training school
John Hunter's title in medical history
John Hunter's title in medical history
Father of scientific surgery
Hunter's 3 key scientific methods
Hunter's 3 key scientific methods
Dissection, observation, systematic study
Famous doctor trained by John Hunter
Famous doctor trained by John Hunter
Edward Jenner
Number of specialist hospitals in London by 1860
Number of specialist hospitals in London by 1860
36
Social change: infirmaries separated from what?
Social change: infirmaries separated from what?
Workhouses