The industrial revolution focuses on medicine and the home
The Industrial Revolution was the starting point of change in America. Many inventors surfaced to prove to the world they could make things that would take us to far places or be more efficient. A difference was made in the homes of the people, and in the hospital to save lives and changed the world. Like anesthetics that keep you alive longer instead of dying days later.
Since the 1600’s people have talked about disease caused by microbes. It wasn’t until 1870, when the French chemist by the name of Louis Pasteur, found the link between the two. Mr. Pasteur went on to develop vaccines for ‘Rabies’ and ‘Anthrax’. He also discovered a process called pasteurization for killing disease causing microbes in milk.
In the year of 1800 a man named Sir Humphrey Davy announces that nitrous could be used in anesthetics. Later in 1816 a french physician, Rene Laennec, invented the stethoscope for an overweight patient. Only using a wooden tube putting one side to his ear and the other on the patients chest. Later they were made of rubber and had earpieces.
By 1825 James Blundell performed ‘’ The world’s first blood transfusion’’. He performed it on a woman only weeks from dying. He used the blood from her loving husband. The transfusion was a success and both of them lived.
In 1844 Dr. Horrace Wells demonstrated that nitrous is safer than ether or painkillers. He was studying with his student/partner Mr. William T.G. Morton. Four years later Dr. Horrace ironically became addicted to Chloroform. Later he was arrested for attacking a prostitute in New York. But, he is still honored till this day by the Dental Association.
In the 1840’s anesthesia was invented to take away pain during surgery. Anesthetics helped doctors to operate on patients in ways that would kill them before. For a while hospitals where thought of as hostile environments. To the poor the hospital was a death sentence. The wealthy would rather operate at home because of the filthy utensils.
A British nurse named Florence Nightingale worked as a field nurse in the Crimean War. She insisted on better hygiene in field hospitals. Later, Nightingale brought better sanitation to the British hospitals. She also introduced the first Nursing School.
Afterward an English surgeon named Joseph Lister realized anesthetics kill infection. He demanded that other surgeons sterilize tools and wash hands more often. The use of anesthetics later reduced the death rate drastically.
In 1844 Dr. William T.G. Morton attended a class by Charles Jackson to learn more about ether. After, in 1846, Dr. Morton used ether to demonstrate a painless procedure..
In 1880 German doctor Robert Koch found the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. This respiratory disease claimed thirty million human lives in the 1800’s. The search for a cure took about half a century. By 1914 Yellow Fever and Malaria were traced to microbes inside mosquitoes. Then steadily, people learned better hygiene by bathing and changing clothes more often.
In 1897 Felix Hoffman develops a solid pain reliever from the juice inside a willow tree. Skepticism pharmacologists ran tests on the new found drug.In 1899 Hoffman sells his product as ‘’Aspirin’’.
As the 1800’s kept going strong, so did inventors. Medicines could practically make us super beings.
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In the start of the 1800’s, life for the poor was a dark place, especially for children. The kids would work in mines,dipping matches in chemicals that cause radiation or sweeping chimneys that often collapsed. They also worked in mills. Sometimes the children were left with no one, so they join gangs and rob people for money. They would go home to the slums where as the rich would live in cities.
Some workers tried to improve industrial life but were silenced. If you were a woman you earned less than half of a man’s pay. Unemployment became a hardship for the farm workers. Businesses and government tried to silence protesters and those who went on strike or tried to make unions legal. Union reforms and laws were later passed to regulate working conditions.
The growth of industrialization altered the cities. People began building offices, department stores and theatres on street corners. Then a man named Louis Sullivan invented skyscrapers to use space more efficiently. George Hausmann destroyed medieval tenement housing. He built boulevards and public buildings were built in their place.The boulevards helped state troops to reach the city, making it harder for the rebels to barricade it.
Sidewalks were built to make the urban areas more livable environments. The police and the fire department were made to protect from danger and nature. Then they placed street light on every block to increase public safety. Sewage systems were made to make areas healthier. In London and Paris, death rates dropped due to the sewer systems. Also, cleaner water supplies fought cholera and tuberculosis.
As the industrial revolution progressed, transportation was improved. Mr. Robert Fulton invented the steamboat to move materials upstream or downstream more quickly. Afterwards in 1814, off of Fulton’s invention, Mr. Stephenson made a steam powered train. This took people to faraway places that took months to reach. It also made family members more accessible to visit.
Towards the late 1800’s countries in the west began to let all men vote. After labor unions were legal in Germany, Austria and France followed. The workers got help for being sick or injured at work. Once a person is unable to work, disability kept them from going broke. It seemed to be a brighter future for most of the world with all the change.
In Paris during 1850 they started to renew the poor run down parts. From 1890 until 1912 France went from merely 140,000 to over a million people in 22 years. As advancements were being made around the globe inventions became more durable. In 1900 builders began using a flexible metal called steel instead of iron.
These are modifications of the 1800’s in that altered the world as we once knew. People were beginning to treat others with some dignity. Making life better to the people who needed it.
Since the 1600’s people have talked about disease caused by microbes. It wasn’t until 1870, when the French chemist by the name of Louis Pasteur, found the link between the two. Mr. Pasteur went on to develop vaccines for ‘Rabies’ and ‘Anthrax’. He also discovered a process called pasteurization for killing disease causing microbes in milk.
In the year of 1800 a man named Sir Humphrey Davy announces that nitrous could be used in anesthetics. Later in 1816 a french physician, Rene Laennec, invented the stethoscope for an overweight patient. Only using a wooden tube putting one side to his ear and the other on the patients chest. Later they were made of rubber and had earpieces.
By 1825 James Blundell performed ‘’ The world’s first blood transfusion’’. He performed it on a woman only weeks from dying. He used the blood from her loving husband. The transfusion was a success and both of them lived.
In 1844 Dr. Horrace Wells demonstrated that nitrous is safer than ether or painkillers. He was studying with his student/partner Mr. William T.G. Morton. Four years later Dr. Horrace ironically became addicted to Chloroform. Later he was arrested for attacking a prostitute in New York. But, he is still honored till this day by the Dental Association.
In the 1840’s anesthesia was invented to take away pain during surgery. Anesthetics helped doctors to operate on patients in ways that would kill them before. For a while hospitals where thought of as hostile environments. To the poor the hospital was a death sentence. The wealthy would rather operate at home because of the filthy utensils.
A British nurse named Florence Nightingale worked as a field nurse in the Crimean War. She insisted on better hygiene in field hospitals. Later, Nightingale brought better sanitation to the British hospitals. She also introduced the first Nursing School.
Afterward an English surgeon named Joseph Lister realized anesthetics kill infection. He demanded that other surgeons sterilize tools and wash hands more often. The use of anesthetics later reduced the death rate drastically.
In 1844 Dr. William T.G. Morton attended a class by Charles Jackson to learn more about ether. After, in 1846, Dr. Morton used ether to demonstrate a painless procedure..
In 1880 German doctor Robert Koch found the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. This respiratory disease claimed thirty million human lives in the 1800’s. The search for a cure took about half a century. By 1914 Yellow Fever and Malaria were traced to microbes inside mosquitoes. Then steadily, people learned better hygiene by bathing and changing clothes more often.
In 1897 Felix Hoffman develops a solid pain reliever from the juice inside a willow tree. Skepticism pharmacologists ran tests on the new found drug.In 1899 Hoffman sells his product as ‘’Aspirin’’.
As the 1800’s kept going strong, so did inventors. Medicines could practically make us super beings.
HOME
In the start of the 1800’s, life for the poor was a dark place, especially for children. The kids would work in mines,dipping matches in chemicals that cause radiation or sweeping chimneys that often collapsed. They also worked in mills. Sometimes the children were left with no one, so they join gangs and rob people for money. They would go home to the slums where as the rich would live in cities.
Some workers tried to improve industrial life but were silenced. If you were a woman you earned less than half of a man’s pay. Unemployment became a hardship for the farm workers. Businesses and government tried to silence protesters and those who went on strike or tried to make unions legal. Union reforms and laws were later passed to regulate working conditions.
The growth of industrialization altered the cities. People began building offices, department stores and theatres on street corners. Then a man named Louis Sullivan invented skyscrapers to use space more efficiently. George Hausmann destroyed medieval tenement housing. He built boulevards and public buildings were built in their place.The boulevards helped state troops to reach the city, making it harder for the rebels to barricade it.
Sidewalks were built to make the urban areas more livable environments. The police and the fire department were made to protect from danger and nature. Then they placed street light on every block to increase public safety. Sewage systems were made to make areas healthier. In London and Paris, death rates dropped due to the sewer systems. Also, cleaner water supplies fought cholera and tuberculosis.
As the industrial revolution progressed, transportation was improved. Mr. Robert Fulton invented the steamboat to move materials upstream or downstream more quickly. Afterwards in 1814, off of Fulton’s invention, Mr. Stephenson made a steam powered train. This took people to faraway places that took months to reach. It also made family members more accessible to visit.
Towards the late 1800’s countries in the west began to let all men vote. After labor unions were legal in Germany, Austria and France followed. The workers got help for being sick or injured at work. Once a person is unable to work, disability kept them from going broke. It seemed to be a brighter future for most of the world with all the change.
In Paris during 1850 they started to renew the poor run down parts. From 1890 until 1912 France went from merely 140,000 to over a million people in 22 years. As advancements were being made around the globe inventions became more durable. In 1900 builders began using a flexible metal called steel instead of iron.
These are modifications of the 1800’s in that altered the world as we once knew. People were beginning to treat others with some dignity. Making life better to the people who needed it.