Studied by 0 peopleSome of the Key dates and people from 1900-2016 in the Health and the people GCSE History Course
Alexander Flemming
Discovered penecillin
Florey and Chain
Developed Penecillin as a widely used drug
First Organ Transplant
1952
First Full Face Transplant
2008
Roy Caine’s development of cyclosporine preventing organ rejection
1970
Harvey Cushing
Removed Shapnel from the brain using magnets
NHS Founded
1948
Beveridge Report
1941
Aneurin Bevan
Created the NHS
Charles Booth
Charles Booth Report 1889- 30% of Londoners don’t have enough food to eat
Seebohm Rowntree
Seebohm Rowntree Report - ¼ of people living in poverty
School Meal Act
1906
School Medical services
1907
The Children and Young Person’s Act
1908
Back-to-back housing banned
1909
National Insurance Act
1911
Health Visitors introduced
1918
Slum clearance programme
1930
Council Housing
1911
Dr Barnado
“Ragged schools”, carehomes for orphened boys, cheap school meals
Harold Gillies
Plastic Surgeon- “Waltzing Tube Pedical”
Blood groups discovered
1901- Karl Landsteiner
Richard Lewisohn
1915- Sodium Citrate prevents blood clotting
Richard Weil
1916- Blood lasts longer refrigerated
Thalidomide
1950, banned 1961
Asprin
1970
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