MUG UP & VOMIT
IMPORTANT FOR NEET & DNB
John
Snow
- Father of Modern Epidemiology
- Cholera : Mode Of Transmission
- “Shoe leather epidemiology” : house to house survey
- Spot map study
- Discovery was a natural experiment
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Edward
Jenner
- Small Pox vaccine (1st vaccine)
- Term vaccination
- Term vaccine: Louis Pasteur
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Albert
Bruce Sabin
- OPV
- JE vaccine
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Robert
Koch
- Koch’s postulates
- TB bacillus
- Detail in Microbiology
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Hansen
- Discovery of the Mycobacterium leprae
- First identification of bacteria as the causative agent of a human disease
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James
Lind
- Scurvy Trial (Citrus fruits prevent scurvy)
- 1st ever clinical trial
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Ronald
Ross
- Ronald Ross- Life cycle of plasmodium within anopheles
- Noble Prize
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Charles
Alphonso
Laveran
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- First time that protozoa were shown to be a cause of disease
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Ignaz
Philipp Semmelweis
- Puerperial Sepsis
- Hand Washing
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Joseph
William Bhore: Bhore
Committee
Edwin
Chadwick
- Enactment of public health act, 1848 in London
- 1st ever act to deal with sanitation
Chinese Medicine
- Pioneer of immunization
- Bare foot doctors
- Acupuncture
- 1st organized system of medicine
Some
Important Theories
Important
Fathers in Medical History
First
countries
Location
of important Institutes
Ministries
related to public health
Ministries Related to Public Health