Industrial Surgery Flashcards
(20 cards)
when did Florence nightingale study to be a nurse
1849
what happened when the crimean war broke out
- when the crimean war broke out a friend of hers asked her to come out and sort the nursing care out
how many nurses did nightingale take to Scutari- what did they face
- 38 nurses with her to Scutari
- despite female nurses being looked down and seen as inferior and distracting
what methods did nightingale use
- methods learnt in Europe, - ensured the wards were clean and hygienic, that water supply was good and soldier fed properly
when was nightingales book published and what was it called and what was its significance
- 1859
- she published ‘notes on nursing’
- explained her methods and was used by nurses for generations
how much did the public raise to help her train nurses
£44,000
what did nightingale set up
nurses training school in London
what did hunter publish and when
‘On venereal diseases’ in 1768
who was hunter surgeon for and when
surgeon for kind George III in 1776
when was hunter an army surgeon
1760- French army surgeon
when did hunter publish his second book and what was it called
Natural history of teeth 1771
how many items and different species did Hunter collect- what did he encourage doctors to do
- over 14,000 items from
- more than 500 different species
- encouraged other doctors to learn and study the anatomy of humans and animals, to increase their understanding of how the body works.
what idea did hunter put and end to
that gunshot wound were not poisonous
who did Jenner teach
he became a great medical teacher, teaching such as Edward Jenner
what did hunter carry out to do with aneurisms
- treated man in st gorges hospital with throbbing lump (aneurism) on his knee
- usual treatment would’ve been to amputate but Hunter believed that if the blood supply was restricted above the aneurysm, then it would encourage new blood vessels to develop and bypass the damaged area
- first tried it on animals and then on human and it worked
who were hospitals run by in industrial age
charities and some local councils
who did doctors gain experience from
- medical professors
- medical schools attached to hospitals
who were given medicine without any charge
poor given medicine without any charge
what was treatment still centred around
treating using purging and bleeding based on the four humours
how many patients a year
20000
