the devlopmentof surgery

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  • Created on: 11-12-16 17:45
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  • The Development Of Surgery
    • World war 1
      • lots of casualties
        • surgeons gained experience
        • surgeons had to improvise which lead to rapid development
        • surgeons worked with a variety of wounds broader training
      • new weapons created new wounds
        • first attempts at brain surgery happened at this time
        • plastic surgery was developed to treat disfiguring injures
        • deep wound from shrapnel led to the developments in the use of saline to fight infection
    • communication
      • surgeons too carful notes and encouraged people to take photographs and publish them.
      • more scientists published their ideas sharing good ideas and practises with doctors and surgeons,
        • the Lancet 19th century where surgeons could talk about their methods and success rates
      • medical conferences
        • Lister present ideas to Pasteur and 25000 other scientists in 1892
      • newspapers
        • Queen Victories used chloroform for childbirth
        • king Edward VII appendix removed
    • science and technology
      • Pasteur's germ theory 1861
      • x-rays 1895 allowed surgeons to look nside patients Stop correcting before they operated
      • hyperdermic needles 1853 allowed measurable doses , was then used in blood transfusions

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