Modern Medicine- NHS.

Question 1

What disease did the first magic bullet cure?

Answer 1

Syphilis.

Question 2

What year was the first Magic bullet discovered?

Answer 2

1909

Question 3

How did Behring help the discovery of the first magic bullet?

Answer 3

Isolated anti-toxins

Question 4

What is a magic bullet?

Answer 4

A chemical and dye combined to target the specific disease.

Question 5

What was the difference between the first and the second magic bullet?

Answer 5

Kills multiple diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis and scarlet fever

Question 6

In what year was the second magic bullet discovered?

Answer 6

1932

Question 7

What profession was the patient that received penicillin for 3 days?

Answer 7

Policeman

Question 8

The name given to drugs that stop infections caused by bacteria is …

Answer 8

Antibiotics

Question 9

What are the names of the two scientists who developed penicillin?

Answer 9

Florey and Chain

Question 10

What was penicillin tested on before a human patient?

Answer 10

Mice

Question 11

Who funded the mass production of penicillin?

Answer 11

The American government

Question 12

What was the first magic bullet called?

Answer 12

Salvarsan 606

Question 13

What disease was Gerhard Domagk trying to cure in 1932?

Answer 13

Blood poisoning.

Question 14

Why was the first magic bullet important?

Answer 14

First cure and inspired the 2nd magic bullet.

Question 15

Who was the first person to work on developing Penicillin?

Answer 15

Fleming

Question 16

In what year was Penicillin discovered?

Answer 16

1928

Question 17

Why didn’t penicillin get developed in the 1920s?

Answer 17

Lack of funding

Question 18

when was the NHS introduced?

Answer 18

1948

Question 19

why was the access to health care a key factor?

Answer 19

because it used to be v. expensive to get healthcare. NHS- free.

Question 20

why was lifetyles a key factor?

Answer 20

things such as stress, diet, poverty and smoking were figured to have caused diseases.

Question 21

whats DNA?

Answer 21

molecule genes are made from.

Question 22

whats ‘superbugs?’

Answer 22

bacteria that have developed immunity.

Question 23

septicaemia is…

Answer 23

blood poisioning

Question 24

what is diagnosis?

Answer 24

the identification of diseases/ illness.

Question 25

what is radiotherapy?

Answer 25

treatment of disease through radium.

Question 26

what is chemotherapy?

Answer 26

treatments by the use of chemicals.

Question 27

whats a transfusion?

Answer 27

transfer of blood.