The report drew three main conclusions focused on the effect of smoking on the functioning of the respiratory system.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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An iron lung respirator was used for the first time at Boston Children’s Hospital.
On the 11th September 1978, Janet Parker became the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox.
On the 11th March 1918 the first confirmed case of what was to become known as Spanish Flu was identified at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, a huge military facility in Kansas.
On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first antibiotic.
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 14th May 1796, English physician and scientist Edward Jenner purposefully infected 8-year James Phipps with cowpox.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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