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What did World War I cause people to realise

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It brought around the recognition of mental illness like PTSD.

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What new techniques did World War I bring in terms of treatment?

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They had new techniques when treating broken bones by lifting and stretching the bone and letting it heal.
It also led to a widespread training of how to use an x-ray machine.

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Who discovered penicillin?

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Alexander Fleming.

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How did Alexander Fleming find penicillin?

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He found it by chance after going on holiday he realised that there was mould growing that was able to kill germs without killing healthy cells

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What did Florey and Chain do?

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They read Flemings work in 1939 10 years later and tested his work on a human and it worked.
They went to the UK government but we’re only given £25

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Why did Florey and Chain go to the US?

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They went to the US for more funding since lots of soldiers in World War II needed treatment for infection

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What did the US government do?

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They gave them factories to mass-producing

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What did Harold Gillies discover?

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He developed new plastic surgery techniques such as attaching skin from another part of the body to re build feature or skin.

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Who discovered blood groups?

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Karl Landsteiner

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When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood groups?

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1900

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When were blood banks first developed?

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World War I

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What did Albert Hurstin discover?

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He discovered that sodium citrate could be used to stop blood from clotting/drying up and meant you could be kept in bags.

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When was the first miniature hearing aid created?

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1952

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When was a pacemaker invented?

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1958

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When was an SAT scanner invented?

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1973

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When were Endoscopes invented?

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1975

17
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When was the first heart transplant?

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1967

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What did the first heart transplant lead to?

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It Allowed scientist to find out that cooling down the body was mean it was possible to operate for longer without losing as much blood

It’s also meant that new surgical tools such as a long bypass machine could be invented

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What drug was found in 1970?

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Cyclosporine

20
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What is Cyclosporine?

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And antirejection drugs which Prevents the body from rejecting organs.

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What did a scientist from the USA realise in 1984?

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That it was possible to grow skin with just one cell

22
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When was the Boer War?

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1899 to 1901

23
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What did the Boer War made the government realise?

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That 40% of volunteers were too unfit to fight

24
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What did the government find out?

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In an investigation of the cause of poverty they realise that one third of people didn’t have enough money to eat despite having full-time jobs

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What did Rowntree write in his report on poverty?

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Rowntree realised there was two types of poverty:
Primary – illness, old age, not their fault
Secondary - Spent money on alcohol and unnecessary things

26
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What did Rowntree See. From his report?

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He saw that most people lived in primary poverty.

27
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Why did the liberal party win the election

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They promised the working-class that they would improve their living and working conditions

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What was the 1906 school meal act?

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It was that school kids would be guaranteed at least one hot meal a day.

29
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What acts happened in 1907?

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The council had to pay for school medical services.

30
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What is law came in 1908?

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They introduced the old age pension

31
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What was the 1911 national insurance act?

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This would mean that walking menShould be paid sick pay to help pay for a doctor, this was only for men

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What opposition did the government face?

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rich people did not want to pay taxes to cover for poor people.

33
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What happened after World War II?

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When world War two took place the government had taken an active role in looking after peoples health.

By the end of the war the five main problems such as: disease,lack of food, ignorance about health, laziness, poor living conditions were proved to be solved meaning people wanted it to continue.

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What change did World War II bring?

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After World War II loads of people wanted change meaning the Labour Party which share socialist views won.

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When was the NHS set up?

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1948

36
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Why was the NHS oppose by the rich?

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Because they didn’t want to pay for the poor.

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Why did the doctors oppose this?

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They thought they would lose money.

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How did the government persuade doctors to work for them?

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They said if they joined they would get payed a lot of money and would still be allows private patients.

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What our long-term effects of the NHS?

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Life expectancy has increased

Vaccinations being Of use more widely has helped to eradicate diseases

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