Surgery in the 19th/20th Cen Flashcards
3 Problems
Pain
Infection
Blood Loss
Anesthetics + James Simpsons
Pain- Anes
JS- 1847
CHLOROFORM
Impacts of Anesthetics
No Pain
Compli Oper
Excessive- Died
Death Rate Increased
Opposition of Anesthetics
Child Birth- Pain God
Alarmed by Increase of DR
Antiseptic- Joseph Lister
Infection- Anti Sepc
No Understanding of Disease/ Cause ( Germ T )
Lister- Researched: Gangrene, Infections, Germ Theory
1865/67 Carbolic Acid
Impacts of AntiSpectics
Death Rates Decreased.
Doctors no careful
Opposition of Antiseptics
Cleaning Wounds- Hard Work (Speed)
Extreme- Soaked
Germ Theory
Developments in Blood Loss
Pare - Ligatures
Harvey- Limited Source of Blood
1900- Landsteiner
1907- Transfusion
Modern Surgery P1
X Rays- 1905 Rontagen ASEPTIC-> ANTISEPTIC Keyhole/Replacements Surgery = Camera + Joints Transplants 1967- Heart 1986- Lungs, Liver, Heart
Modern Surgery P2
Plastic Surgery
WW1: Skin Grafts
WW2: Archie Mcindoe- Prevented
2005- Face Tra
Impacts of Modern Surgery
Expensive
Prioritization