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    • Year of Smallpox Eradication
      1980
    • Creator of X-ray
      Wilhelm Roentgen
    • X-rays of DNA in 1953
      Franklin Wilkins
    • Completion of Human Genome Project

      2000
    • Magic Bullet
      Chemical cure that attacks microbes causing disease
    • First Magic Bullet and Creator
      Salvarson 606, Paul Erlic
    • Development of Salvarson 606
      1909, Syphilis
    • Second Magic Bullet

      Prontosil
    • Who Discovered Prontosil?
      Dogmagk in 1932
    • What Was Prontosil?

      Cure for Blood Poisoning
    • What Were Antibiotics Developed As a Result Of? Development of Penicillin
    • Examples of High-Tech Medical and Surgical Treatment: Radiotherapy, Dialysis, Prosthetic Limbs, Keyhole Surgery
    • When Did Fleming Discover Penicillin?

      1928
    • What Did Fleming Notice? Mould on Petri Dish Killed Staphylococcus Bacteria
    • When Did Florey and Chain Grow Their Own Penicillin? 1939
    • When Did Florey and Chain Experiment on Mice?

      1940
    • In 1941, Who Did Florey and Chain Experiment On? Police Officer with Blood Poisoning - Didn't Have Enough to Treat
    • What Happened with the Mass Production of Penicillin? Florey and Chain Went to US Government, Funded 21 Pharmaceutical Companies, By D-Day in 1944: They Had Over 2.3 Million Doses
    • When was the NHS established?

      1948
    • Who was responsible for setting up the NHS?

      Bevan
    • What improvements did the British government make to the NHS? Increased hospital capacity
    • What were the compulsory vaccinations introduced by the government? Diptheria: 1942, Polio: 1950
    • Examples of government lifestyle campaigns? Campaigns against drinking, smoking, and drugs
    • Examples of government legislation for prevention? Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968, Health Act of 2006
    • When was smoking banned in public places?

      2007
    • When were tobacco and cigarette advertising banned?

      1965, 2005
    • When was the legal age for buying cigarettes raised? 2007 from 16 to 18
    • How do doctors detect cancerous cells?

      PET-CT scanner
    • Continuity in Renaissance England
      Miasma, Church, Supernatural
    • Animalcules
      Little animals cause illness
    • Trench System: Front line: nearest to enemy
      Command trench: 10-20 metres behind firing line
      Support Trench: 200-500 metres behind front line
      Reserve: At least 100 metres behind support, reserve troops ready to mount for a counterattack
      Communication: linked
    • Terrain Impact on Wounded: Difficult to move: equipment and men
      Communication difficult
      No Man's land and trenches had deep mud
      Difficult to move around corners for stretcher bearers
    • Gases Troops Exposed to on Western Front: Chlorine: July 1915, Phosgene: Germans 1915 (faster than chlorine, fatal within 2 days), Mustard: Germans 1917 (odorless for 12 hours, causes blisters and burns)
    • Government's Prevention of Trench Fever: Identification: lice in 1918, Clothes disinfected with gel, Delousing stations
    • Introduction of Steel Helmet: 1915, Reduced fatal head injuries by 80%
    • RAMC
      Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914: 9000, 1918: 113000
    • FANY: Helped wounded ambulance drivers and nurses on front line, Supplies and drive motorised kitchens to supply food, Volunteering policy changed in 1916
    • Discovery of X-rays
      1895 by Rontgen
    • who discovered DNA?
      Watson and Crick
    • when were MRI scans created?
      1970s
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