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medicine - modern medicine 1900: present day Flashcards

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what did fleming discover and when

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1928 - penicillin

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who helped to develop fleming’s discovery and when

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1939 - florey and chain

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how much money did florey and chain receive from the government

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£25

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

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1941

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

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1945

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6
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how many soldiers [britain and american] would have died without penicillin

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15%

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what did the discovery of penicillin lead to

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

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8
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how many lives has penicillin saved since its discovery

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200 million

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

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

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10
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what alternative medicine is now available on the NHS

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acupuncture

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11
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how many people in britain have used it

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1/5

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12
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how many people were killed due to wwi

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over 10 million

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13
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when were xrays discovered

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1895

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

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plastic surgery, 5k treated servicemen by 1921

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what was the name of a hospital opened in 1917

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queen’s hospital

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what did hustin discover and when

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1914 - how to stop blood clotting with air

17
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how many people died in wwii

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over 20 million

18
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when did the British national blood transfusion service open

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1938

19
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what did hawken do

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

20
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what did McIndoe do

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

21
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when was there enough penicillin being produced to treat all allied forces in europe

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1944

22
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when was laser first used in eye operation

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1987

23
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when was the boer war

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1899 - 1902

24
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what was discovered regarding the public health due to the boer war

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

25
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what did booth’s report state and what its name/title

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

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

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‘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

27
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state and describe the different reforms brought in by the liberal party and when they were introduced

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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

28
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whta was the infant mortality rate in 2015

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4.2 per 1000

29
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by 1914, how many school children were having a free school meal every day

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158k

30
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when did a huge slum clearance program begin

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1930

31
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when was the beveridge report

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1942

32
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how many copies of the beveridge report sold within the 1st month

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100k

33
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by 1948 how many council homes were being built every year

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200k

34
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how much did NHS cost

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£12.9 billion

35
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up until 1948, how many people had never seen a doctor

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8 million

36
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when was tobacco advertisting banned

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2005

37
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when were drivers banned from smoking in cars

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2015

38
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when was a sugar tax introduced

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2016

39
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originally, how many doctors were against the NHS

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41k out of 45k

History AQA GCSE (14 decks)

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