Modern

• who invented the X-ray

  Wilhelm Roentgen
• when was the X-ray invented

  1895
• when did X-rays start opening in britain

  1896
• when was the CT scan invented

  1972
• what is a CT scan

  An x-ray, using specialized equipment, that takes cross-sectional pictures of the body
• what is a MRI scan


  - Magnetic resonance imaging

  - Uses strong magnetic field to produce an image of the body's interior

  - Computer creates a 3D model of the brain
• when was the MRI scan invented


  1971
• when was the PET scan invented

  1974
• what is a PET scan


  a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task
• when was DNA discovered

  1953
• who discovered DNA


  Watson, Crick, and Franklin
• what lifestyle factors affect health

  Diet, Alcohol, Smoking, and physical activity
• when was the NHS invented

  1948
• who made the NHS

  Aneurin Bevan was the minister of health

  who was charged with creating the NHS under labour PM Clement Atlee
• what care did the NHS originally include

  Dentistry, free prescriptions, glasses seeing a doctor and going to hospital
• how many teeth were made in the first 9 months of the NHS

  4.5 million removed and 4.2 million filled
• what is a magic bullet

  A chemical cure that attacks germs without causing harm
• what were the first 2 magic bullets

  salvarsan 606 and prontosil
• when was salvarsan 606 made

  1909
• what did salvarsan 606 cure

  syphilis
• when was prontosil made

  1932
• what did prontosil cure

  blood poisoning
• when was the mass vaccination program for diphtheria

  1942
• when was the mass vaccination program for polio

  1950
• when was the mass vaccination program for tetanus

  1961
• when was the mass vaccination program for measles

  1968
• what were government lifestyle campaigns

  advertising campaigns against smoking, binge drinking and unprotected sex and encouraging people to eat more healthily and exercise
• who discovered penicillin


  Alexander Fleming
• when was penicillin discovered

  1928
• how was penicillin discovered

  Fleming was studying petri dishes and noticed that mold killed a bacteria growing in the dish
• when did Fleming write his discoveries

  1929 but he did not continue his study
• who continued Flemings work on penicillin

  Florey and Chain
• what did Florey and Chain get from the british government

  £25 (£1,300 today) to further their investigation but could not give more due to the war
• when did Florey and Chain start investigating penicillin

  1938
• what helped Florey and Chain further their investigations

  they got money from america allowing them to test penicillin on mice
• when did Florey and Chain test penicillin on people

  1941
• what were the results of Florey and Chains investigation with penicillin on people


  they tested it on a police officer who had an infected cut as the penicillin worked to clear nearly all of the infection until they ran out, leading to his death as it returned
• who was the police officer penicillin was tested on

  Albert Alexander
• what did Florey and Chains investigations mean

  penicillin worked but needed a full round of doses until the infection was completely gone so it would not return
• who mass produced penicillin


  America