Modern Medicine

• When was the NHS created?

  1948
• What does the church do now to help?

  They run food banks for the poor
• What was written in 1942 which proposed the NHS?

  The Beveridge Report
• What did Rowntree do?

  He studied York and wrote ‘Poverty: A study in town life’ as well as creating the poverty line
• Why didn’t everyone agree with Rowntree about the causes of poverty?

  He believed that people weren’t working hard enough and that poverty was caused by people gambling and drinking
• What was created in 1945 and what did it do?

  The Welfare State. It gave pensions and benefits to the poor and old
• What did Beveridge include in his report?

  He proposed his idea of the 5 giants which cause poverty as well as the NHS
• What are modern hospitals like?

  They’re very advanced with trained nurses, doctors and surgeons
• What did McIndoe do?

  He used plastic surgery in WW2. He used penicillin to prevent infection when treating pilots in plastic surgery
• What was the opposition to the NHS?

  It was costly

  Doctors feared they wouldn’t make as much money

  Doctors didn’t want to be controlled by the government
• What law was passed in 1907 and what did it do?

  The Children’s Act and it gave children free school meals
• Why were new houses created?

  The Blitz during WW2 destroyed slums meaning new and better houses were built
• Why did diets improve?

  Rationing meant people had to eat less food so they were encouraged to grow more fruit and vegetables
• Development of heart surgery?

  Harken cut into beating heaths with his hands and removed bullets as well as bits of sharpnel
• Development of blood transfusions?

  After the knowledge of blood groups They stored blood for transfusions. This blood was kept fresh and useable for longer
• What was created in 1938?

  The British National Blood Transfusion Service opened. Blood banks were developed in WW2 in USA and Britain
• What did Gillies do during WW1?

  Skin grafts
• What did Fleming do?

  He published paper about penicillin in 1928

  He invented the term antibiotic

  Without Fleming, penicillin would never have been developed
• What did Florey and Chain do?

  During 1940-1944, they went through the whole process of experimenting and producing penicillin. They persuaded the US government to fun penicillin production
• Advantages of penicillin?

  It saved many lives during and after world war 2, causing it more attention and other illnesses now had an antibiotic
• Who discovered blood groups?

  Karl Landsteiner
• How did they prevent the clotting of blood?

  They stored the blood and used a solution to stop it contacting with air
• Why was plastic surgery important?

  Some soldiers’ skin was burnt off or they suffered a disease which damaged their skin
• What was skin grafting?

  Transplanting skin from one part of the body to another
• When did Rowntree write his report?

  1901