20th Ceuntry

Question 1

What did World War I cause people to realise

Answer 1

It brought around the recognition of mental illness like PTSD.

Question 2

What new techniques did World War I bring in terms of treatment?

Answer 2

They had new techniques when treating broken bones by lifting and stretching the bone and letting it heal.
It also led to a widespread training of how to use an x-ray machine.

Question 3

Who discovered penicillin?

Answer 3

Alexander Fleming.

Question 4

How did Alexander Fleming find penicillin?

Answer 4

He found it by chance after going on holiday he realised that there was mould growing that was able to kill germs without killing healthy cells

Question 5

What did Florey and Chain do?

Answer 5

They read Flemings work in 1939 10 years later and tested his work on a human and it worked.
They went to the UK government but we’re only given £25

Question 6

Why did Florey and Chain go to the US?

Answer 6

They went to the US for more funding since lots of soldiers in World War II needed treatment for infection

Question 7

What did the US government do?

Answer 7

They gave them factories to mass-producing

Question 8

What did Harold Gillies discover?

Answer 8

He developed new plastic surgery techniques such as attaching skin from another part of the body to re build feature or skin.

Question 9

Who discovered blood groups?

Answer 9

Karl Landsteiner

Question 10

When did Karl Landsteiner discover blood groups?

Answer 10

1900

Question 11

When were blood banks first developed?

Answer 11

World War I

Question 12

What did Albert Hurstin discover?

Answer 12

He discovered that sodium citrate could be used to stop blood from clotting/drying up and meant you could be kept in bags.

Question 13

When was the first miniature hearing aid created?

Answer 13

1952

Question 14

When was a pacemaker invented?

Answer 14

1958

Question 15

When was an SAT scanner invented?

Answer 15

1973

Question 16

When were Endoscopes invented?

Answer 16

1975

Question 17

When was the first heart transplant?

Answer 17

1967

Question 18

What did the first heart transplant lead to?

Answer 18

It Allowed scientist to find out that cooling down the body was mean it was possible to operate for longer without losing as much blood

It’s also meant that new surgical tools such as a long bypass machine could be invented

Question 19

What drug was found in 1970?

Answer 19

Cyclosporine

Question 20

What is Cyclosporine?

Answer 20

And antirejection drugs which Prevents the body from rejecting organs.

Question 21

What did a scientist from the USA realise in 1984?

Answer 21

That it was possible to grow skin with just one cell

Question 22

When was the Boer War?

Answer 22

1899 to 1901

Question 23

What did the Boer War made the government realise?

Answer 23

That 40% of volunteers were too unfit to fight

Question 24

What did the government find out?

Answer 24

In an investigation of the cause of poverty they realise that one third of people didn’t have enough money to eat despite having full-time jobs

Question 25

What did Rowntree write in his report on poverty?

Answer 25

Rowntree realised there was two types of poverty: Primary – illness, old age, not their fault Secondary - Spent money on alcohol and unnecessary things

Question 26

What did Rowntree See. From his report?

Answer 26

He saw that most people lived in primary poverty.

Question 27

Why did the liberal party win the election

Answer 27

They promised the working-class that they would improve their living and working conditions

Question 28

What was the 1906 school meal act?

Answer 28

It was that school kids would be guaranteed at least one hot meal a day.

Question 29

What acts happened in 1907?

Answer 29

The council had to pay for school medical services.

Question 30

What is law came in 1908?

Answer 30

They introduced the old age pension

Question 31

What was the 1911 national insurance act?

Answer 31

This would mean that walking menShould be paid sick pay to help pay for a doctor, this was only for men

Question 32

What opposition did the government face?

Answer 32

rich people did not want to pay taxes to cover for poor people.

Question 33

What happened after World War II?

Answer 33

When world War two took place the government had taken an active role in looking after peoples health. By the end of the war the five main problems such as: disease,lack of food, ignorance about health, laziness, poor living conditions were proved to be solved meaning people wanted it to continue.

Question 34

What change did World War II bring?

Answer 34

After World War II loads of people wanted change meaning the Labour Party which share socialist views won.

Question 35

When was the NHS set up?

Answer 35

1948

Question 36

Why was the NHS oppose by the rich?

Answer 36

Because they didn’t want to pay for the poor.

Question 37

Why did the doctors oppose this?

Answer 37

They thought they would lose money.

Question 38

How did the government persuade doctors to work for them?

Answer 38

They said if they joined they would get payed a lot of money and would still be allows private patients.

Question 39

What our long-term effects of the NHS?

Answer 39

Life expectancy has increased | Vaccinations being Of use more widely has helped to eradicate diseases