Med 5

Question 1

What did Fleming do

Answer 1

Discover bacteria is controlled by mold(penicillin)

Question 2

What did Florian chain do

Answer 2

Proved mold is effective against many serious bacterial infections

Question 3

Discovery of Penicillin

Answer 3

• Penicillin destroy bacteria cell walls and prevent rebuild of cell walls
• Its not harmful to humans

Question 4

Development of Penicillin

Answer 4

During ww2:
Figured how to isolate active compound (1939) and grow mold in larger quantities (1940)

Drug companies and oxford professors and private companies continue to improve it

Question 5

Significance of Penicilin

Answer 5

• used in medicine to kill bacteria (but they grow resistance)
• work only for bacteria not disease (magic bullet work only on some.

Question 6

Impact of Penicilin in WW2

Answer 6

12-15% more Allied soldiers would have died as a result of infection: 2-4 million extra deaths if it weren’t for penicilin

Question 7

Medicine in WW2

Answer 7

1.Army Blood supply Depot (1938):
were responsible for 4 blood depots and were proven to be very effective
=>developed into National Blood transfusion Service (1946)

2.Treatment of Burns Victims:
McIndoe rehabilitation techniques for patients

3. Blood plasma:
   August 1940 - Dehydrated blood to make plasma
   => easier use to store and reduce breakage of containers
4. Infection:
   Penicilin were used
   1940 - first human trial

Question 8

Woman in WW2

Answer 8

CHANGES:
Woman could carry out new roles such a medical examinations on evacuate children

1938 - 1945 :
Number of female medical students rose to 3000

SIMILARITIES:
- fewer man in ww2 so fewer woman doctors required
- After the war, Attitudes returned to how they had before

Question 9

5 giants NHS plan to tackle

Answer 9

1.Disease
2.Want
3.Ignorance
4.Idleness
5.Squalor/poverty

Question 10

When was NHS created

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

Brief summary of what NHS do

Answer 11

• free healthcare
• family allowance
• benefits introduced
• School leaving age raised to 15
• Programme of slum clearance continued
  
  • 1948 = 200k council

Question 12

individuals in development of NHS

Answer 12

• Bevan (health minister) introduce NHS in 5th July 1948

Question 13

Challenges of NHS

Answer 13

• doctors opposed due to fear of losing money
• there were still wealth gap
• Cost of NHS has risen steadily
  =>116 billion in 2016

Question 14

NHS services

Answer 14

• Dental treatment
• Accessible to all, free and focus more on need rather than pay
  -services such as family planning and physiotheraphy was introdued

Question 15

Impact of the NHS

Answer 15

Life expectancy grew:
1931 = 58 for men and 62 for women

1951 = 66 for men and 71 for women