modern medicine knowledge test

Question 1

How did flemming discover penecilin?

Answer 1

He saw mould growing on bacteria

Question 2

what experiments did florey and chain do which showed the true potential of antibiotics?

Answer 2

They tested it on a mouse and then policeman called Albert Alexander

Question 3

list 3 types of antibiotics developed after WW2 and what are they used to treat

Answer 3

Cortisone-arthritis
Stepnophisen-TB
tetracyclone-skin infections

Question 4

What was the controversy with the Thalidomide drug?

Answer 4

It caused deformations in babies

Question 5

When were vaccines for polio measles and Rubella introduced?

Answer 5

Polio-1955
Measels-1964
Rubella-1969

Question 6

What did the impact of WW2 have on penicilin?

Answer 6

It meant the government invested in it because they needed it to treat wounded soliders

Question 7

What do MRI and CAT scans do?

Answer 7

MRI-decects tumours CAT-3D image of the body

Question 8

What is alternative medicine?

Answer 8

medicine that doesnt use scientific method

Question 9

What are superbugs?

Answer 9

germs resistant to antibiotics

Question 10

How does phage therapy work?

Answer 10

It sends a virus to attack the germ

Question 11

What are 5 facts about the spanish flu?

Answer 11

20-40 million died
20% of the worlds population were affected
20-40 year olds were the worst affected group (which has never been seen before as they are meant to be healthy)
7 million deaths in Spain-spanish lady
280,000 died in UK

Question 12

How did people at the time treat the Spanish flu?(3 examples)

Answer 12

went back to old methods
wore gauses over their faces to protect themselves
though it was caused by chemical warfare

Question 13

When was the first kidney transplant, first pacemaker and first hip replacement?

Answer 13

1952,1958,1972

Question 14

What is keyhole surgery?

Answer 14

Surgery through a small hole (to aviod infection) usually with an endoscope

Question 15

What is laser surgery used for?

Answer 15

precise removal of of tumours and alcers also eye surgery it is very affective because it cauterises the wounds

Question 16

What do endoscopy cameras do?

Answer 16

They go inside small holes to allow surgeons to see inside a patient

Question 17

Why do some people appose the use of technology in medicine?

Answer 17

illegal trade in organs and cloning is morally wrong

Question 18

How did the Boer war force the government to improve health?

Answer 18

40% of all soldiers were too weak to fight

Question 19

What did booth and Rowntree prove?

Answer 19

Poverty wasn’t the fault of the people and the government needed to step in

Question 20

Why did the creation of the labour party force the liberals to promise changes for the poor?

Answer 20

60% of the population were workers so if the liberals didnt promise change for the poor labour would win the election

Question 21

What are four limitations of the liberal reforms?

Answer 21

It only helped the poorest
The workers had to pay for it
Only helped old and young
The rich were had high taxes

Question 22

How did WW2 change the attitudes of British people?

Answer 22

They decided that if they were going to fight for the country that it should be worth comming back to

Question 23

Summarise the 1942 Beveridge report

Answer 23

It spoke of the 5 giants of poverty:
want (basic needs)
idleness (unemployment)
disease
ignorance (lack of education)
squallor (little to no shelter)

Question 24

List 3 improvements introduced by the welfare state?

Answer 24

The NHS gave free healthcare
Poor people got benefits
Families were given an allowance

Question 25

What does the term cradle to grave care and free at the point of delivery mean?

Answer 25

Universal (everyone gets it) free healthcare for your entire life

Question 26

Who objected to the NHS

Answer 26

Winston churchill and doctors

Question 27

Why were new towns such as Milton Keynes built?

Answer 27

To stop overcrowding and slums