Healthcare in the Mid-1800s and Now: Impact of Scientific Discoveries and Non-Statutory Organizations

HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Describing health care in the mid-1800s and now.................................................................1
Describing the impact of a range of scientific discoveries by notable pioneers and evaluated
these in relation to care provision today.................................................................................1
Describing and evaluating changing ideas on causes of infection from 1850s onwards.......2
Evaluating the contribution and efficacy of two non-statutory organizations.......................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Health and social care provides health support, improving quality of life and helps in
promoting the physical and psychological condition of individuals (Siemieniako, Kubacki and
Mitręga, 2021). In this report, there is discussion about description of healthcare in mid-1800s
and now. There is also discussion about the impact of scientific discoveries and evaluation in
relation to care provision
MAIN BODY
Describing health care in the mid-1800s and now
In the past years, the system of healthcare started with home remedies and the abstraction
of plants is used for treatment. People do not know about the disease and its treatment. But the
19th century was a turning point where changes developed in the health industry and advanced
the technology in the biological field to diagnose the disease and prevention of diseases where a
physician provides an opportunity to learn about the medicines and the importance of health.
Nowadays, the healthcare industry has intensive changes, improvements and development over
the past years. The health care industry is transforming and providing a better way to learn and
cure a disease with new technologies. Private and government hospitals have also developed and
provided health facilities to urban and rural people (Farmanova, Baker and Cohen, 2019).
Describing the impact of a range of scientific discoveries by notable pioneers and evaluated these
in relation to care provision today.
There are many scientific discoveries that are useful for public health. Scientific discoveries
created new knowledge and developed new theories. Alexander Fleming discovered the first
antibiotic in the world because due to unavailability to treat infectious diseases many deaths were
recorded. Fleming observe that fungus had destroyed the surrounding then, he began an
investigation to discover an antibacterial treatment and discover the first medication that was
able to fight against bacterial infection and nowadays penicillin controls many infectious
diseases and reduce the number of death from infection. The concept of the vaccine was
discovered by Edward Jenner. When he observes many people caused by smallpox due to a weak
immune system. Vaccines reduce the risk of disease and prevent the development of antibiotics
and extend life expectancy. The most effective vaccines are the smallpox vaccine, polio vaccine,
and many others. The vaccine helps the immune system to fight against infection more rapidly.
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