Medicine through time 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryMedicine through time (OCR History A)GCSEAQA Created by: ballygirl1Created on: 17-01-19 17:23 Why is 1846-70 known as the 'black period' of surgery? Surgeons wore blood stained clothes and didn't wash anything- so patients' died in surgery. 1 of 5 What did Semmelweis ask doctors to do and what were the results? All doctors should wash their hands in chloride of lime before examining patients. Fewer people died in surgery. 2 of 5 What did Lister do to improve things? Kills germs, use carbolic acid- first on bandages, then as a spray. Far fewer died. 3 of 5 What is Aseptic surgery? Keeping clean. 4 of 5 How did Koch give a boost to Lister's ideas? Koch found the bacterium which caused Septicaemia. 5 of 5
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