Essential Information: 1) 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
