Medical Developments Before WW1

Question 1

Aseptic surgery

Answer 1

-joeseph lister

Question 2

aseptic surgery

Answer 2

• Joesph Lister first used carbolic acid to kill infections in 1865
• by early 1900s most operations used aseptic methods

Question 3

how was surgery made aseptic

Answer 3

• surgeons washed hands
• rubber gloves
• surgical equipment was steam sterilised
• the hair was sterilised by being pumped through the heating system

Question 4

X-rays

Answer 4

• discovered in 1895

- this meant doctors were now able to look inside the persons body without cutting them open

Question 5

problems with X-rays

Answer 5

• people didmd understand the risk of radiation
• early machines were fragile and often broke
• large X-ray machines were had to move around

Question 6

Blood transfusions

Answer 6

• first blood transfusion carried out in 1818

- early transfusions involved the donor being directly connected to the recipient by tube

Question 7

solving problems with blood transfusions

Answer 7

• found that certain chemicals stopped blood from clotting however there were side effects such as convulsions
• discovered different blood groups solving the issue of donor blood being rejected