health - modern

Question 1

when was penicillin discovered

Answer 1

1928

Question 2

how was penicillin discovered

Answer 2

Fleming left his petri dish with staphylococcus on the windowsill and then a spore flew in and when he came back he discovered the infection cleared up

Question 3

who developed penicillin

Answer 3

florey and chain

Question 4

how much did the gov give florey and chain to develop penicillin

Answer 4

£25

Question 5

how much penicillin was made 1943 -> 1945 enough for people

Answer 5

100 people -> 250,000

Question 6

how many us soldiers would have died if penicillin was not invented

Answer 6

12-15 %

Question 7

how did florey and chain develop penicillin example

Answer 7

a 43 year old policeman was scratched by a rose bush after he had an infection, it started to clear up, but 5 days after they ran out and he died.

Question 8

what % of people have taken penicillin now

Answer 8

10%

Question 9

what is aromatherapy

Answer 9

oils are inhaled, which stimulate the healing part of the brain

Question 10

what is hypnotherapy

Answer 10

therapist hypnotises the patient

Question 11

what is homeopathy

Answer 11

making similar symptoms arise, which spurs on a natural response

Question 12

what is acupuncture

Answer 12

needles

Question 13

1950

Answer 13

william bigelow performs surgery on a hole in a baby’s heart

Question 14

william bigelow performs surgery on a hole in a baby’s heart

Answer 14

1950

Question 15

first british heart transplant

Answer 15

1968

Question 16

1968

Answer 16

first british heart transplant

Question 17

when was smallpox eradicated

Answer 17

1980

Question 18

when was the first IVF babu

Answer 18

1978

Question 19

1978

Answer 19

first IVF baby

Question 20

when was the human genome project

Answer 20

1990 -> 2003

Question 21

when was dolly the sheep

Answer 21

1996

Question 22

how many people died in ww1 + 2

Answer 22

10 mil
20 mil

Question 23

how much is the pharmaceutical industry worth now

Answer 23

200-300 billion

Question 24

when was the sugar tax

Answer 24

2016

Question 25

how many council houses were built and when and when was slum clearance

Answer 25

1930 - slum clearance 1948 - 200,000 council houses built

Question 26

explain harold gillies + stats

Answer 26

queens hospital started in 1917, by 1921, they'd treated 5000 servicemen

Question 27

when was the british national transfusion service

Answer 27

1946

Question 28

what did booth find

Answer 28

30% of londoners didnt have money to buy food

Question 29

what did rowntree find

Answer 29

28% of people didnt have money to live on

Question 30

what percent of wounded would have died in ww2

Answer 30

12-15% would have died if not for penicillin

Question 31

what did francis crick and james watson find

Answer 31

1953 - a double helix of the DNA

Question 32

boer war

Answer 32

1899-1902, 40% of people werent fit

Question 33

good pharmaceutical industry x3

Answer 33

1. 1981 AIDS is discovered to be caused by the HIV virus 2. 1987 AZT, a drug for HIV is developed 3. 1960s chemotherapy drugs

Question 34

`bad pharmaceutical industry x3

Answer 34

1. 1950s - thalidomide is developed to help sleeping but pregnant women took it to stop morning sickness -> led to children being born with underdeveloped limbs 2. high costs for research and development, which means only common diseases are researched as they are the ones which will make money 3. antibiotic resistance - 25,000 die every year in the EU due to antibiotic resistance

Question 35

how many die per year due to antibiotic resistance

Answer 35

25,000 in the EU

Question 36

example if a superbug

Answer 36

MRSA

Question 37

what did WW1 result in x4

Answer 37

1. shell shock - PTSD is discovered 2. blood transfusions - 1914, Albert Hustin discovers how to stop blood clotting, so it can be bottled and sent to fronts 3. X-rays, although discovered in 1885, are first used here 4. plastic surgery - Harold Gillies

Question 38

whar didi WW2 result in x4

Answer 38

1. british national transfusion service 1946 2. penicillin developed 3. heart surgery - Dwight Harken had to operate on a beating heart to remove shrapnel - more surgical knowledge 4. WHO set up in 1946 after the health committee failed

Question 39

when did poor children get free school meals

Answer 39

1906, by 1914 - 158,000 children had free school meals

Question 40

when were children made a protected class

Answer 40

1908