medicine - modern medicine 1900: present day

Question 1

what did fleming discover and when

Answer 1

1928 - penicillin

Question 2

who helped to develop fleming’s discovery and when

Answer 2

1939 - florey and chain

Question 3

how much money did florey and chain receive from the government

Answer 3

£25

Question 4

when did Florey meet with US government and convinced 4 drug companies to invest

Answer 4

1941

Question 5

when did Britain and USA working closer together and 250k soldiers are being treated due to penicillin

Answer 5

1945

Question 6

how many soldiers [britain and american] would have died without penicillin

Answer 6

15%

Question 7

what did the discovery of penicillin lead to

Answer 7

antibiotics being developed for
skin infection [1953]
TB [1994]
chemotherapy [1956]

Question 8

how many lives has penicillin saved since its discovery

Answer 8

200 million

Question 9

what did dr shipman do, when and what impact did it have

Answer 9

2000s, murdered patients and stole their money - resulted in a decrease in public confidence in chemical medicine

Question 10

what alternative medicine is now available on the NHS

Answer 10

acupuncture

Question 11

how many people in britain have used it

Answer 11

1/5

Question 12

how many people were killed due to wwi

Answer 12

over 10 million

Question 13

when were xrays discovered

Answer 13

1895

Question 14

what did gilles do and by 1921, how many people had he and his team treated

Answer 14

plastic surgery, 5k treated servicemen by 1921

Question 15

what was the name of a hospital opened in 1917

Answer 15

queen’s hospital

Question 16

what did hustin discover and when

Answer 16

1914 - how to stop blood clotting with air

Question 17

how many people died in wwii

Answer 17

over 20 million

Question 18

when did the British national blood transfusion service open

Answer 18

1938

Question 19

what did hawken do

Answer 19

cut into beating hearts and removed bullets andbits of shrapnel - led to development of heart surgery after wwii

Question 20

what did McIndoe do

Answer 20

use drugs e.g. penicillin to prevent infection when treating pilots with facial injuries

Question 21

when was there enough penicillin being produced to treat all allied forces in europe

Answer 21

1944

Question 22

when was laser first used in eye operation

Answer 22

1987

Question 23

when was the boer war

Answer 23

1899 - 1902

Question 24

what was discovered regarding the public health due to the boer war

Answer 24

46% of soldiers who volunteered weren’t fit to fight and 90% weren’t fit enough in big cities

Question 25

what did booth's report state and what its name/title

Answer 25

‘Life and Labour of People in London’ - 30% of Londoners didn’t have enough money to eat properly despite having full-time jobs

Question 26

what did rowntree's report state and what its name/title

Answer 26

‘A study of Town Life’ - 28% of the population didn’t have the minimum amount of money to live on at one time in their life

Question 27

state and describe the different reforms brought in by the liberal party and when they were introduced

Answer 27

School Meals Act (1906) - Allowed local authorities to provide free school meals for poor children from taxes 1907 - Free medical treatments in schools and Special schools were set up to teach young women about the benefits of breastfeeding, hygiene and childcare The Children and Young Person’s Act (1908) - Illegal to neglect children or sell them tobacco or alcohol. Youth courts and youth offender homes were set up to keep youth criminals away from older ones Old Age Pensions (1908) - 5 shillings a week for poor people over age of 70. National Insurance Act (1911) - Free medical treatment and sickness pay – helped the unemployed NHS (July 1948) - Hospital care and nursing are free

Question 28

whta was the infant mortality rate in 2015

Answer 28

4.2 per 1000

Question 29

by 1914, how many school children were having a free school meal every day

Answer 29

158k

Question 30

when did a huge slum clearance program begin

Answer 30

1930

Question 31

when was the beveridge report

Answer 31

1942

Question 32

how many copies of the beveridge report sold within the 1st month

Answer 32

100k

Question 33

by 1948 how many council homes were being built every year

Answer 33

200k

Question 34

how much did NHS cost

Answer 34

£12.9 billion

Question 35

up until 1948, how many people had never seen a doctor

Answer 35

8 million

Question 36

when was tobacco advertisting banned

Answer 36

2005

Question 37

when were drivers banned from smoking in cars

Answer 37

2015

Question 38

when was a sugar tax introduced

Answer 38

2016

Question 39

originally, how many doctors were against the NHS

Answer 39

41k out of 45k