Medicine Modern period

• By 1951 scientists understood that characteristics were passed from parent to child
• James watson and Francis crick used xrays to show dna
• Xrays started being used in 1953
• They could use technology for more accurate diagnosis of disease
• Treatment could be more efficient, quick and accurate
• Blood tests - 1930
• Blood sugar monitoring - 1960s
• Xrays - 1890s
• blood pressure monitoring - 18802
• blood pressure monitoring - 1880
• endoscopes - 1900
• ECGs - 1900
• CT scans - 1970
• Ultrasound Scans - 1940
• MRI scans - 1970
• blood tests could be used as samples to test for a lot of different things
• blood sugar monitoring help diabetes sufferers
• xrays helped to see inside human body without cutting into it
• blood pressure monitoring helped to diagnose if your blood pressure was too high or low
• Endoscopes were used to invenstigate the digestive system
• ECGs could measure heart activity
• CT scans could diagnose things like tumors
• Ultrasounds could use soundwaves to build a picture of the body
• MRI scans used magnets to create an internal image of the body
• lifestyle problems - smoking, diet, alcohol
• antibiotics - drugs that kill bacteria in the body
• penicillin was the first antibiotic that didnt use chemicals
• goverment actions - mass vaccinations, lifestyle campains
• Change4life - encouraged healthy eating and exercise
• NHS was launched in 1948
• NHs meant that everyone had acsess to free health care
• In WW2 evacuation showed middle class familys how poor the countryside was - nhs was introduced
• drugs had to be tested before use which increased safety
• nhs was set up as a response to ww2