Transformation of surgery (SWHS)

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  • Created by: Eve Smith
  • Created on: 24-08-15 19:45
Blood.......was a popular was of balancing the humours in the Middle Ages
letting
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One reason why so many people were present during operations
hold the patient down
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When there wasn't any anaesthetics, patients felt this
pain
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Who created Carbollic Spray?
Joseph Lister
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Why was the death rate from operations so high?
infection
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What was left on doctors aprons to show that they were experienced?
blood
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What did some patients do after having Ether gas?
vomit
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What did James Simpson discover?
chloroform
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Who was a main reason for opposition against chloroform?
Hannah Greener
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chloroform made........easier?
childbirth
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Who invented the inhaler?
John Snow
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What fights against sepsis?
Antiseptic
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What's the name for conditions that are sterile?
aseptic
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What did Semmelweis say doctors should do before childbirth?
wash hands
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Where was the war that Florence Nightingale helped in?
Crimea
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Who inspired Joseph Lister?
Louis Pasteur
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One reason why so many people were present during operations

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hold the patient down

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When there wasn't any anaesthetics, patients felt this

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Who created Carbollic Spray?

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Why was the death rate from operations so high?

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