Surgery SWHS

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who discovered the carbolic spray?
Joseph Lister
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What did the carbolic spray do, prevent and how did it help surgery?
it sterilised conditions, killed of bacteria, prevented disease and allowed surgery to be successful.
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who discovered chloroform?
James Simpson.
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in what ways is chloroform better than Ether?
Ether= vomiting, its flammable, hard to transport, deep dangerous sleeps(days), irritated the lungs.
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why was there opposition to chloroform?
because the wrong dose had been given to a patient(Hannah greener)and she dided.
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what did John snow invent to do with chloroform?
he invented the inhaler that gave the right dose of chloroform.
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what did soldiers in the war mainly die of?
Blood loss and infection from the dam, wet, muddy conditions of the battlefields.
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what was added to blood to allow it to be stored?
Sodium citrate
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what did the ability of being able to store blood mean?
that donors didnt have to be there on the day, and tha people where not always available so it was more convenient
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what was added to blood so it could be stored for LONGER?
citrate glucose
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why where blood transfusions unsuccessful at first?
Because they did not know about different blood types.
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what was Harold gillies work on and what did he improve?
He worked in the plastic surgery side of medicine and advanced techniques in facial restoration.
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what was one of Harold gillies most successful techniques?
Pericles
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in what ways did the war improve surgery?
it allowed experimentation, new techniques and medicines where found, wounds never seen before were now been able to be dealt with.
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what did the war hinder?
advancement in medicine and surgery in different areas in the field and brought them to a Holt as surgery was focused on the war.
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name a couple of way of sealing a wound?
ligatures, cautery they also clamped the arteries to keep them in place.
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why were ligatures bad?
they could not be sterilised so it caused infection.
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what was cat gut used for?
stiches like ligatures, but it could be sterilised and then later on it would dissolve.
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What did the carbolic spray do, prevent and how did it help surgery?

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who discovered chloroform?

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in what ways is chloroform better than Ether?

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