Developments in drugs (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Medical focus at start of 20th century
Medical focus at start of 20th century
Managing diseases rather than curing
Penicillin discoverer & year
Penicillin discoverer & year
Alexander Fleming, 1928
How Fleming discovered penicillin
How Fleming discovered penicillin
Accidentally - mould grew in left-out Petri dish
Effect of penicillin mould on bacteria
Effect of penicillin mould on bacteria
Killed bacteria surrounding it
Scientists who developed penicillin in 1938
Scientists who developed penicillin in 1938
Howard Florey & Ernst Chain
What Florey & Chain developed
What Florey & Chain developed
Method to purify & produce penicillin
WW2's impact on penicillin development
WW2's impact on penicillin development
Accelerated it; urgent need & US govt funding
Year US govt support secured for penicillin
Year US govt support secured for penicillin
1941
Location of penicillin trial in 1943
Location of penicillin trial in 1943
North Africa (wounded soldiers)
Mass-production method developer
Mass-production method developer
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau
Penicillin doses made in 1945
Penicillin doses made in 1945
650 billion
What thalidomide was prescribed for
What thalidomide was prescribed for
Morning sickness in pregnant women
Thalidomide's tragic effect
Thalidomide's tragic effect
Babies born with malformed limbs
Result of thalidomide disaster
Result of thalidomide disaster
Stricter drug testing & approval regulations