Modern Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
What has been linked to lung cancer
A
Smoking
2
Q
What year did Francis crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA
A
1953
3
Q
What year was smoking banned in workplaces
A
2007
4
Q
Is penicillin made using microbes or chemicals
A
Microbes
5
Q
Who created magic bullets and when
A
Paul ehrlich in 1914
6
Q
What were the three main issues of surgery
A
Pain ,infection and blood loss
7
Q
Deaths from infection diseases have dropped from 25% to under _%
A
1
8
Q
What age is life expectancy as of 2013
A
83
9
Q
How was penicillin discovered + by who
A
Alex Fleming after leaving out Petri dishes which grew mold that killed the bacteria inside
10
Q
Problems with the early NHS
A
Massive waiting list
No funding money after WW2
Hospitals and GP surgeries needed to be updated
