The ‘conquest of disease²’ through medicines³ was a popular topic of books in the 1920s. A few vaccines were then being introduced and more were being dreamed about. It was, however, the development of penicillin during World War II - curing such diverse and feared maladies⁴ as syphilis, pneumonia and meningitis - which was a real breakthrough. A treatment for tuberculosis soon followed and the sanatoria⁵ closed. The Victorian lunatic asylums⁶ were closed by the use of new drugs such as chlorpromazine (and because of guilt about locking people up). It seemed that the products of the pharmaceutical industry had almost magical powers. However⁷, there were always skeptics. The tragedy of thalidomide - a sedative for pregnant women⁸ which deformed babies in the womb - shocked people in the early 1960s. The crisis of incurable AIDS in the 1980s challenged the faith of many other people⁹. Books no longer deal with “the conquest of disease”, but¹⁰ patient-doctor relationships are moving to a new footing based on shared appreciation of risks¹¹ and benefits¹² of various treatments.

Source: adapted from http://www.ingenious.org.uk/Read/Health/Wonderdrug/

Considerando o texto “Wonder drugs”, é correto afirmar:

(001) O livro “the conquest of disease” foi muito popular na década de 1920.

(002) O uso da talidomida passou a ser proibido no ano de 1960.

(004) A penicilina foi desenvolvida no período da Segunda Guerra Mundial.

(008) Existe uma tendência de mudanças no relacionamento médico-paciente.

(016) No início da década de 1960 surgiram os sépticos que duvidavam da eficácia das drogas.