chapter 10- modern treatment of disease

• what did Ehrlich discover ?

  • discovered a chemical cure for syphillis
  • known as 'magic bullets'
• what were sulpha drugs used for ?

  to cure/control meningitis, pneumonia & Scarlett fever
• what did Fleming do ?

  • couldn't find a cure for staphylococcus
  • Fleming went on holiday and left Petri dishes of the disease
  • when he came back mould had grown in one of the dishes
  • germs near the mould had been killed
  • Fleming took a sample and found it to be penecillin
• what benefits did penecillin have ?

  • led to more antibiotics being produced
  • 15% of soldiers would of died without it
• what were the problems with penecillin ?

  few people regarded Fleming's work
• what did Florey and chayne do ?

  • tested penecillin on 8 mice
  • then on humans
  • once a human patient was injected their infections cleared up
• what did the individuals factor have on modern medicine ?

  introduced new people with new ideas
• what did the factor changes in attitude have on modern medicine ?

  government realised the issues
• what did the factor communication have on modern medicine ?

  • ideas spread rapidly
  • more people aware of health risks
• what did the factor finance have on modern treatment ?

  more money was spent on research
• what did the factor war have on modern treatment ?

  more money spent on research and new wounds
• what did the factor tech have on modern medicine ?


  help surgeons develop further technique
• why was penecillin a good thing ?

  • it was vital in treating soldiers and it began being mass produced for public use aswell
  • government funded pharmaceutical companies to mass produce penecillin
  • pharmaceutical industries grew