problems with surgery
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- Created on: 13-06-22 21:09
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- Problems with surgery in the Middle Ages
- Pain
- no anaesthetics
- so opium +hemlock were used to numb the pain
- bad as overdoses of these substances were fatal-many did
- so opium +hemlock were used to numb the pain
- sometime so bad that patients died of shock
- no anaesthetics
- Infection
- many doctors believed puss in wounds helped patient recover
- no understanding of germs so many patients died from infection
- people saw dirty surgical equipment as a sign of experience
- Blood Loss
- surgeons cauterised wounds to minimise blood loss
- done with a hot iron- very painfull
- surgeons cauterised wounds to minimise blood loss
- Pain
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