Impact on Medicine from WW2 Flashcards

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Blood transfusion

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Albert Hustin

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Plastic Surgery

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Harold Gillies - severe facial wounds had to be helped.

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Diet

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People were forced to ration, began growing their own food - healthier diet introduced.

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4
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Poverty

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Evacuees health
had improved majorly whilst away to the countryside - the government had to make a change in the poorer areas.

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5
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Drug development

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‘Wonder drug’ penicillin was produced for UK and US for use during the war - found as an antibiotic after WW1

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Hygiene and Disease

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Diphtheria vaccine offered free to children in 1940, posters made to prioritise public health.

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NHS

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Introduced in 1948, healthcare was now free in the UK now. They later began to charge for some prescriptions for adults, such as fake teeth, as there was such a demand due to ‘backlog’.

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Heart Surgery

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Dwight Harkin, cut into beating hearts, and used his bare hands to remove debris and bullets.

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