Key Individuals - Surgery

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James Simpson
Discovered the use of Chloroform as an anaestetic in 1847. Hannah Greener - died after recieving Chloroform (1848)
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Robert Koch
Found the link between bacteria and disease. Developed the steam sterlizer (1878)
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Joseph Lister
Discovered the uses of Carbolic Acid as an antiseptic, basing his ideas on Germ Theory (1867)
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Karl Lansdsteiner
Discovered importance of blood groups when transfering blood (1901)
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Louis Pasteur
Discovered The Germ Theory in 1861. Microbes were the cause of disease
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Florence Nightingale
Changed views on nursing. Clean wards, meals, trained nurses
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Found the link between bacteria and disease. Developed the steam sterlizer (1878)

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Robert Koch

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Discovered the uses of Carbolic Acid as an antiseptic, basing his ideas on Germ Theory (1867)

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Discovered importance of blood groups when transfering blood (1901)

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Discovered The Germ Theory in 1861. Microbes were the cause of disease

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