Topic Four: Medicine in modern Britain, 1900-Present

Question 1

When was life expectancy still below 50 years of age?

Answer 1

1900

Question 2

When was the National Insurance Bill introduced and what did it mean?

Answer 2

1911 – gave help if workers were sick or unemployed

Question 3

Between what years did WW1 lead to developments in surgery and treatment?

Answer 3

1914-1918

Question 4

When did Fleming discover Penicillin?

Answer 4

1928

Question 5

When did Florey and Chain develop the use of penicillin

Answer 5

1938

Question 6

When does the NHS begin following the Beveridge report?(1942)

Answer 6

1948

Question 7

Crick and Watson discovered the structure of DNA in what year?

Answer 7

1953

Question 8

War

Answer 8

World War One and World War Two forced developments in treatment and surgery – e.g. plastic surgery and the use of antibiotics in WW2.

Question 9

Technology

Answer 9

huge improvements in technology greatly improved the understanding and treatment of disease – e.g. X-ray, DNA, Pacemakers, dialysis and keyhole surgery

Question 10

National Health Service

Answer 10

• After WW2, the government introduced the NHS in 1948. This offered free healthcare at the point of delivery. The expansion of who could vote and the shared experience of suffering in WW2 bought about this development.

Question 11

X-Ray

Answer 11

Technology using particular light rays . Used in WW1 to locate bullets in the body.

Question 12

Transplant

Answer 12

When a faulty or damaged organ (e.g. liver) is swapped with a healthy one through surgery

Question 13

Radiotheraphy /Chemotherapy

Answer 13

Treatment of a disease, such as cancer, by the use of chemicals

Question 14

Superbugs

Answer 14

Bacteria that are not affected/destroyed by antibiotics or cleaning

Question 15

Gene therapy

Answer 15

Medical treatment using normal genes to replace defective ones.

Question 16

Dialysis

Answer 16

Technology that replicates the function of the kidneys

Question 17

Polio

Answer 17

A contagious disease that can cause paralysis and death

Question 18

Penicillin

Answer 18

The first antibiotic drug produced from the mould of penicillin to treat infections

Question 19

Pacemaker

Answer 19

Implanted technology that regulates heartbeat

Question 20

Antibiotics

Answer 20

A drug made from bacteria that kill other bacteria and so cure an infection or illness

Question 21

Magic bullets

Answer 21

A chemical that kills a particular bacteria and nothing else

Question 22

Electron microscope

Answer 22

Developed 1931. Allows doctors to see cells in fine detail.

Question 23

DNA

Answer 23

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that genes are made of

Question 24

Cancer

Answer 24

A group of related diseases. Cells divide and spread into the surrounding tissue.