20th Century

Question 1

Who discovered penicillin?

Answer 1

Alexander Flemming

Question 2

What is Alexander Fleming known for?

Answer 2

Discovering penicillin in 1928

Question 3

Which two people researched penicillin further and were the first to test it on a human?

Answer 3

Flory and Chain

Question 4

Who were Flory and Chain?

Answer 4

Two people who:
- Researched penicillin further and were
- The first to test it on a human

Question 5

How did penicillin end up being mass produced?

Answer 5

During WW2 the US government paid drug countries to manufacture it so it could be used to treat soldiers

Question 6

What problems are there now from antibiotics?

Answer 6

The overuse of antibiotics has lead to many bacteria becoming resistant

Question 7

Give one example of a bacteria that has become immune to antibiotics

Answer 7

MRSA

Question 8

Give 3 examples of alternative medicine

Answer 8

• Acupuncture
• Hypnotherapy
• Hydrotherapy

Question 9

Give 3 examples of surgical advancements from WW1

Answer 9

• X-rays
• Blood transfusions
• Plastic surgery

Question 10

Who pioneered plastic surgery?

Answer 10

Harold Gillies

Question 11

What development in blood transfusions happened in WW1?

Answer 11

First blood banks were set up

Question 12

What development in blood transfusions happened in WW2?

Answer 12

Blood could be dehydrated into plasma and stored in wallets instead of bottles

Question 13

When were different blood groups discovered?

Answer 13

1901

Question 14

Name 3 modern surgical methods

Answer 14

• Laser surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Keyhole surgery

Question 15

What is laser surgery?

Answer 15

Surgery were tissue is cut with lasers, usually for eye surgery

Question 16

Why is laser surgery good?

Answer 16

It is very precise

Question 17

What is keyhole surgery?

Answer 17

Surgery where only a small incision is made

Question 18

What is radiation therapy?

Answer 18

Cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells

Question 19

What problem with soldiers was there in the Boer War?

Answer 19

40% of volunteers were deemed unfit to serve

Question 20

What is Charles Booth known for?

Answer 20

Investigating poverty in London

Question 21

What were Booth’s findings in his report?

Answer 21

• 31% of Londoners were living in poverty
• 85% of poverty was due to unemployment and low wages

Question 22

What is Seebohm Rowntree known for?

Answer 22

• Investigating poverty in York following Booth’s report

Question 23

What were Rowntree’s findings in his report?

Answer 23

28% of York was living in poverty

Question 24

List 5 principles of the Liberal Social Reforms

Answer 24

• Free school meals
• Medical checks in schools
• National insurance introduced
• Pensions introduced
• Sick pay & unemployment pay

Question 25

When was The Beverage Report published?

Answer 25

1942

Question 26

What was William Beverage known for?

Answer 26

Producing The Beverage Report

Question 27

What did Beverage say in his report?

Answer 27

- People should be free of the *Five Giants of Poverty* - The government should take charge of social security *from the cradle to the grave*

Question 28

What were the 5 Giants of Poverty?

Answer 28

- Ignorance - Want - Disease - Idleness - Squalor

Question 29

What did The Beverage report lead to?

Answer 29

The introduction of the welfare state

Question 30

What did Booth and Rowntree’s reports lead to?

Answer 30

The Liberal Welfare Reforms

Question 31

What did the Welfare State include?

Answer 31

- Introduction of the NHS - Introduction of benefits - Free universities

Question 32

When was the NHS set up?

Answer 32

1948

Question 33

Who implemented the NHS?

Answer 33

Aneurin Bevan

Question 34

What was the general concept of the NHS?

Answer 34

Healthcare that was free at the point of delivery

Question 35

What are the modern problems with health in the 21^st century?

Answer 35

- People eat too much - People drink too much alcohol - This has lead to more people who are obese or have heart disease