medicine 1900-present Flashcards
1909
what did Salvarsan 606 treat?
Paul Ehrlich
Syphillis
1930s
What did Prontosil treat?
Garhard Domagk
Blood poisoning
What did Alexander Fleming do in terms of Penicillin?
- discovered it by accident
- put it into an article
- did not pursue any further
How did Florey and chain develop penicillin?
1940s
- used Fleming’s article to conduct tests on mice with it
- began to use small doses on a man
- proved it helped humans fight infection
- seeked mass production + funding
how did the government help Florey and Chain mass produce Penicillin?
funded 21 pharmaceutical companies to mass produce it
who was Lloyd-George?
1906-14
a liberal politician who made new key health measures
give 2 measurements that Lloyed-George passed
- Free school meals for poor children
- old age pensions for poor over 70s
give 2 healthcare impacts the great depression had
- no more free healthcare
- infant mortality rose
give 2 factors which led to the creation of the NHS
- WW2- people spoke up about how they deserved better after war
- political change- Labour came into power in 1945 and wanted social reforms
when was the NHS set up?
1948
what were the impact of x-rays on WW1?
the locations of bullets, shrapnel and broken bones could be identified making surgey easier.
in ww1, what was added to blood to stop it clotting?
sodium citrate
in terms of blood, what did Karl discover in 1901? What did this lead to?
- different blood groups
- this led to blood transfusions becoming possible
how did preventing infectious disease evolve in this era?
more vaccines produced.
e.g Polio in 1954
what public health measure was passed in 1911?
National insurance act
