Industrial Surgery

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  • Industrial Surgery
    • Bloodloss
      • Continued use of clamping and ligatures.
    • Infection
      • Pasteur
        • Gem Theroy-1861. Challenges spontaneous generation
      • Lister's Antispetic surgery-1867.
        • Uses carbolic spray which kills infection but it's an irritant
        • Death rate decreases. Killing germs. Sterilising instruments
      • Aseptic Technique-1890s
        • Prevents infection before it begins- no need for carbolic spray.
      • Berkley Moynihan-1891
        • 1st to use rubber gloves in the UK.
    • Pain
      • Clark-1842-Ether
        • Knocked you out but was volatile- flammable, caused vomiting and difficult to inhale.
      • Simpson 1847 Chloroform
        • Knocks you out with no side effects- if taken in correct quantities.
      • Beddoes- Nitrous oxide
        • Acted as muscle relaxant. Dulled pain and made you feel giddy.
    • Skill
      • Effective anaesthetic
        • More internal and complicated operations can be done.
          • Less amputations and more repairs.

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