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What impact has penicillin made?

Since the discovery of penicillin, many other antibiotics have been discovered or developed. Most of those used in medicine have been altered chemically to make them more effective and more safe for humans.

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What were the differences made in hospitals before the discovery of penicillin and now?

Patient recovery time went from spending months in hospital to just a few weeks with the new drugs available.

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What did Lister do to prevent infections?

Lister needed to find a suitable chemical to kill the germs. He learned that carbolic acid was being used as an effective disinfectant in sewers and could safely be used on human flesh. Beginning in 1865, Lister used carbolic acid to wash his hands,

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What decisions were made by Lister involving medicine?

While still a student, Lister had decided not just to practise medicine, but also to conduct research to improve medical knowledge.

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What persuaded the British government of the 19th century that it had to do something about public health?

the cholera epidemic of 1848

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The first Public Health Act set up a Board of Health and...

gave towns the right to appoint a Medical Officer of Health.

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What were the differences made in hospitals before the discovery of penicillin and now?

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Patient recovery time went from spending months in hospital to just a few weeks with the new drugs available.

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What did Lister do to prevent infections?

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What decisions were made by Lister involving medicine?

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What persuaded the British government of the 19th century that it had to do something about public health?

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