History (Medicine)

Erlich

-German Reasearcher

-Joined Koch's research team in 1889

- Realised the body produced antibodies as a magic bullet against certain diseases

- worked on syphilis germ (STD)

-found that Salverson 606 killed the germ

-people opposed to it as they thought it would lead to more people to become sexually promiscous now that there was a cure for it

1905 

Landsteiner

Austrain doctor

Discovered Blood groups

His discovery meant that blood loss could now be combated and people with blood disorderscould be treated

                  1901

Fleming

Discovered Penicillin

Although he didn't develop it in a form humans could take

               1928

Florey & Chain

Succeeded in making pure Penecillin  

Made Penecillin in a form humans coul take 

Visited USA to persuade American firms to invest in mass-production of penecillin

Developed freeze-drying technique to grow the mould

1941

Bevan 

Minister of health for labour party in 1945 

Masterminded the NHS to provide free health services for everyone

Based on beveridges report in 1942

Began in 1948 

1948

Beveridge 

Civil servant

Wrote the Beveridge Report that recommended that governments should provide a welfare state

1942

Crick & Watson 

Discovered the structure of DNA

Proved that a blue print was present in every cell 

1953

Franklin 

Part of Crick & Watson's team 

Developed a technique to photograph a single strand of DNA 

First person to take x-ray photos of DNA.

1952

Rontegen 

Discovered x-rays

1895

Elizabeth Garrett-Anderson 

First female to qualify as a doctor in Britain

1865

Florence Nightingale

Nurse

Helped to improve conditions in hospitals

Remebered for her work as a nurse in the crimean war

1854

Barnard

South-African surgeon

Carried out first heart transplant

IN USA

1967