Medicine 1900 - Present
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- Medicine 1900 - Present
- Penicillin
- Penicillin Notatum discovered by Alexander Fleming
- Published 1929 - 1931
- Florey + Chain
- Devised freeze-drying method
- 1939 -1940
- Patient died during clinical trial due to running out of penicillin
- Florey + Chain went to America
- Britain making bombs
- Didn't help until December 1941
- America join the war
- Britain mass-produce
- Start in 1943
- Sufficient by 1944
- Penicillin Notatum discovered by Alexander Fleming
- Lung Cancer
- Caused by smoking
- Proven link by 1950
- Increased popularity during WW1
- 43,000 diagnosed every year
- Recommended ban by Royal College of Physicians
- 1971 - Tabacco companies to give health warnings
- 1962 - Tabacco adverts banned
- 1965 - Cigarette adverts banned
- Laws
- Smoking in a car with an Under 18 forbidden
- 2015 - Plain packaging
- Smoking in public places forbidden
- 2007 - England + Wales
- 2006 - Scotland
- Diagnosing
- Chest X-Ray
- CT Scan
- Bronchoscopy
- Treatment
- Surgery
- Radiotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Caused by smoking
- NHS
- 1911 - National Insurance Act
- Early 1900s - Healthcare severely limited
- 1942 - Beveridge Report
- Founded 1948
- Bevan stated it should be free at point of use
- Doctors could be private as well
- 1948 - 1973: amount of doctors doubled
- Range of services
- Increased access
- Problems
- 1980 - Black Report
- 1990s - Long waiting times
- 2000 - NHS Plan
- Treatment
- 1990s - Targetted therapy
- Magic Bullets
- Checked by Hata that 606 worked
- Salvarsan 606
- Search for arsenic compound
- Target without poisoning body
- 1905 - Bacterium that caused syphilis identified
- 1932 - Domagk
- Turned bright red but okay
- Tried in 1935
- Daughter had prontosil
- Mass produced
- Serious side-effect
- Damage kidneys and liver
- Surgery
- 1900 - Landsteiner discovers blood groups
- 1914 - Sodium Citrate stopped blood clotting
- 1917 - Blood bank set up
- 1946 - British National Blood Transfusion
- Transplants
- WW1 - Skin transplant
- 1967 - Heart translant
- 1st kidney transplant
- Problems
- Rejection
- 1970s - immunosuppressents discovered
- 1980s - Key Hole surgery
- Endoscope
- 1985 (common by 2000) - Robot-Assisted Surgery
- Government's Role
- Campaigns
- 1952 - Great Smog
- 2004 - Drinkaware
- 2007 - Change 4 Life
- Lifestyles
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Drinking
- UV Radiation
- NHS to vaccinate child by 1st birthday
- 1940 - Target through schools
- Several vaccination programmes by 1900
- Campaigns
- Penicillin
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