KO Modern Medicine Flashcards
When is this time period?
Present or recent times
What happened in 1907?
All births registered, health visitors and medical checks on children at school
What did Ehrlich invent in 1909?
First chemical cure (Salvarsan 606)
What happened in 1911?
The National Insurance Act
When was The Ministry of Health set up?
1919
When did Fleming discover Penicillin?
1928
When was there a Mass production of Penicillin?
WWII
When was the NHS introduced?
1948
When did we discover the structure of DNA?
1953
When was the Human Genome Project completed?
2001
What lifestyle factors were there?
Stress, poverty, smoking, lack of exercise
The development of real democracy increased what?
Why has the government used posters and TV campaigns?
The demands from working people for the government to make changes to improve health care.
To persuade people to have vaccines and protect themselves from illnesses.
What improvements have there been in technology?
What has hospitals become?
Creation of complex machinery, instruments that can diagnose illnesses precisely.
The major centres of high-tech treatments so people are living longer.
What was a major problem in the 1900?
What was the greatest change in care?
The cost of medical treatment
The NHS which provided free health care for all
What is Life Expectancy?
The average period that a person may expect to live
What is virus?
A tiny microorganism, smaller than bacteria, responsible for colds, flu and chicken pox
What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of.
What is Sulphonamide drugs?
An antibacterial drug used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia.
What are ‘superbugs’?
Bacteria that have developed immunity
What is Staphylococci?
Bacteria found on the skin
What is septicaemia?
Blood poisoning
What is Biochemistry?
The study of the chemical processes that occur in living things
What is diagnosis?
The identification of the nature of an illness by examination of the symptoms.
What is an endoscope?
A camera inside a flexible tube passed into the body to see inside instead of surgery.
What is an Officer of Health?
A person appointed to look after the public health of an area
What is Radiotherapy?
Treatment of a disease through radium
What is Chemotherapy?
Treatment by the use of chemicals (cancer)
What is transfusions?
The transfer of blood from a person
What is an Immune System?
The body’s defence system against disease
What is immunotherapy?
A method of treating disease through stimulation of the immune system
What is a gene?
Part of a cell they determines how our bodies look and work
What is gene therapy?
Medical treatment using normal genes to replace defective ones
