modern era Flashcards

1
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when was the 1st X-ray

A

1895

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2
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when were blood groups discovered

A

1900

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3
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who developed salvarson 606

and what year

A

ehrlich -1910

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4
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who found a way to mass produce penicillin

and what year

A

florey - 1941

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5
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who discovered penicillin

and what year

A

alexander fleming -1928

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6
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why was penicillin being created not a breakthrough in 1928

A

because it couldn’t be produced in large quantities

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7
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why did florey go to america

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he needed to mass produce penicilin but britain was busy making explosives but he desperately needed the penicillin for wounded soldiers so he went to america

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8
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how did fleming create penicillin

1928

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he was clearing out old cultures of staphylococci. he saw that 1 bacteria had stopped growing mold

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9
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what happened to florey and chain’s 1st patient

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he was recovering but then died because they ran out of penicillin

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10
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when was the structure of dna discovered

A

1953

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11
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when was the NHS formed

A

1948

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12
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how many rural hospitals and city hospitals were the gov able to take control of

A

rural - 1143
city - 1545

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13
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by what decade was hospital funding given

A

1960s

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14
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how many pairs of glasses were given out by the nhs by the 1st year of it opening

A

8 million

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15
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2 impacts nhs had on children

A

major reduce in children dying during birth
nhs shared knowledge they found about children with social workers

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16
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2 impacts nhs had on women

A

1870 womens life expectancy 45 by 1970 it was 76
nhs allowed women to have more jobs e.g. midwives

17
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3 other impacts nhs had

A

life expectancy for the poor dramatically increased
number of doctors between 1948 - 1972 doubled due to high demand

18
Q

3 common technology used to make diagnosises and what they do

A

CT scans - advanced form of x-ray and can see tumours
blood suger moniters - help diagnose people suffering diabetes and keeping their condition stable
ultrasound scans - identifying gall stones and kidney stones