Booklet 4 Flashcards
(31 cards)
What happened in 1978
The first test tube baby was body - Louise brown
When was DNA discovered
1953
When was laser surgery invented
1987
What did Charles booth find
31% of Londoners were living beneeth the poverty line
What did booth discover the largest cause to poverty
85% of poverty was due to unemployment and poor pay
What did booth prove wrong and how did he do it
He proved that it wasn’t 25% of London in poverty and he did this by hiring a team to go out and find out how much and why
What book did booth write
‘life and labour of people in London’
What was rowntree’s inspiration
Booth’s book the ‘life and labour of people in London’
What did rowntree discover
28% of York was living in poverty
What had booth and rowntree discovered
That Britain’s industry had fallen behind USA and Germany and Germany already has a welfare system
Where was Flemming sent to study wounded soilders in ww1
St Mary’s hospital in London
What germ did penecillin kill
A staphylococcus bug
How was penecillin discovered
Flemming returned home from holiday and saw penecillin had killed a staphylococcus bug
Why couldn’t Flemming develop penecillin
Didn’t have government funds
Which two men received government funding to mass produce penecillin and in what year
Florey and chain in 1937
Which two men received government funding to mass produce penecillin and in what year
Florey and chain in 1937
How many soilders did penecillin help by 1945
250,000 soilders
Who made the talking cure
William rivers
How many soilders had been identified with shell shock in ww1
80,000
What did talking treatment do
Got soilders to talk about their experiences and play sport aswell
When were x-rays discovered and how
1895 by accident
Who discovered x-rays
Wilhelm roentegen
What did x-rays allow at the time
Proper diagnosis
How are x-rays used today
To see 3D images of bones and tissue
