Polio
At what ages is primary, or most common?
Children under 5 years old.
What was one of the first of its kind of surgery to happen in the 1950s?
A kidney transplant and an open heart surgery.
Where was the first full-scale nuclear power plant?
In Shippingport Pennsylvania.
What does ENIAC stand for?
Electronic Numerical Intergrator and Computer.
When was one of the worst polio pandemics?
In 1952
What was the name of the device made to help regulate patients' hearts?
A pacemaker
What was a new medical tool made using nuclear energy?
X-rays.
What does UNIVAC stand for?
Universal Automatic Computer.
What was one of the most famous polio cases?
John F. Kennedy.
What was the drug referred to as "wonder drugs?"
Antibiotics.
What disease was cured with radioactive iodine?
Thyroid cancer.
What were early computers made of? (name one part)
Large vacuum tubes among thousands of other small or large parts.
Who was the creator of the polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk, a biomedical scientist.
What could antibiotics help get rid of? (Name any mentioned in slides)
Earaches, pneumonia, and tuberculosis.
Was nuclear energy used for peaceful uses? (True or False)
True
Were the computers slow or fast working?
They worked very slowly.
How many children were used during the trials of the polio vaccine?
2 million children.
How did these new inventions and techniques affect people?
They helped the life expectancy of people increase allowing them to live longer and healthier lives.
What was the most promising use of nuclear energy?
Electricity.
What were the most prominent computers at the time?
ENIAC and UNIVAC.