C4) Modern Medicine Flashcards
When did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?
1928
When did Florey and chain discover penicillin?
1937
When did the British and US governments fund penicillin?
1942
When were blood groups discovered?
1901 by Landsteiner
When could blood be stored?
1917
When was thalidomide?
1957
When did Harold gillies set up a hospital?
1917
When were the first blood banks set up?
1921
When was the first pacemaker Fitted?
1961
When was the first kidney transplant?
1952
When did rowntree work on poverty?
1901
When did Maud Pember Reeves publish?
1913
When were free school meals introduced?
1906
When were school medical inspections introduced?
1907
When was the housing and town planning act?
1909
When were old age pensions introduced?
1908
When was the National insurance act?
1911
When was the beveridge report?
1942
When was the nhs made?
1948
When were the clean air acts?
1956 and 1968
When was slum clearance?
1960’s
When was the killer smog?
1952
