Modern medicine

• Magic bullet


  Chemical kills bacteria
• first magic bullet


  Paul erlich

  salvarson 606

  killed Patient
• Fleming 1928


  Penicillin

  mould kill bacteria

  unable to fund
• Florey and chain


  mass produce penicillin

  usa GOV funding
• DNA


  Crick and watson

  double helix

  Franklins X-ray
• Human genome project 


  Sequence base pairs

  identify genes
• Why is dna discovery important

  Causes of genetic diseases
• Lifestyle disease causes


  Smoking

  alcohol

  diet

  sun
• Diagnosis improved 20th Century

  xray

  scans

  ultrasound

  blood test

  pressure monitor
• Liberal social reforms 


  New laws

  free school meals act

  free school medical inspections

  illegal to see alcohol tobacco to children
• NHS


  Government responsible for nations health
• High tech treatment since 1900

  Dialysis

  keyhole surgery

  endoscope
• Lung cancer diagnosed


  CT scan

  hard to find early on
• Lung cancer treatment 


  transplants

  radio and chemotherapy
• Karl Landsteiner 1900


  Blood groups
• Vaccines available since 1900

  Smallpox

  measles

  coronavrius