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Card 16

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Which surgeon in Vienna first suggested that infection rates might dip if students washed their hands before delivering children?

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Card 17

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Whose Germ Theory finally made scientific links between microbes and decay?

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Card 18

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Who first applied the Germ Theory to surgery?

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Card 19

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What was Joseph Lister soaking in bandages during operations?

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Card 20

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Lister started his work against infection in Glasgow. Which city did he then move his ideas to?

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Card 21

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Explain 2 problems with carbolic acid?

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Card 22

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Who first identified the bacteria that caused blood poisoning?

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Card 23

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What else did this person invent for surgical instruments?

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Card 24

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What is the type of surgery that developed as the use of antiseptics became better understood?

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Card 25

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How did William Halstead help towards the development of aseptic surgery?

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