Introduction of Penicillin

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Penicillin's impact on Welsh health care .

Interviews with patients and doctors remembering the arrival of penicillin in the 1940s with memories of its huge impact on health care and medicine in Wales.
From: People's History of Wales Kill or Cure
First broadcast : 07 March 1996

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14,14-16

Subject : History

Topic : History of Wales and England 1880-1980, Modern Wales and Britain

Keywords : Health and medicine, Penicillin, Public health, Medicines

Notes : Can use clip to start discussion on the role of new medicines in eradicating diseases, and the role of social policy and government in changing public health

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