Conquest Of Sepsis Flashcards
What did Augustino Bassi do in 1835
He demonstrated that silkworm was caused by fungi relating pathogens to disease
, who established the germ theory of disease?
Louis Pasteur 1861, demonstrated that if microbes were excluded from fermentation it won’t take place.
Fermentation it a kind of putrefaction
Who’s Joseph Lister
A professor in Glasgow , rated putrefaction and microbe’s to sepsis and microbe’s
Antiseptic were being used
Who established the germ theory of disease?
Louis Pasteur 1861, if microbes were separated from wine, fermentation won’t take place
What marked the beginning of antiseptic in surgery?
Use of Carbolic Acid by Joseph Lister,1865
What did Joseph Lister use carbolic acid to do?
Used it to dress fracture of 15year old,James Greenlee with good effect
Who showed puepueral Sepsis could be controlled by washing hand?
Semmelweis,(1818-1865).
Happened in Vienna
Who gave birth to Aspesis in Surgery
Ernest Von Bergmann
What happened in 1886
Ernest Von Bergmann, introduced steam sterilisation of surgical dressings, gowns,towels and metal furniture in the theatre
Who gave birth to antiseptic surgery?
Joseph Lister
What paved the way for surgery
By conquering sepsis by Lister
