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X Ray development

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Marie curie, small mobile units

2
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Number of X-ray machines

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20 portable machines

3
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How many X-rays

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1917-18 more than 1 million

4
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Blood transfusions 1901

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Concept of blood groups

5
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Blood transfusions 1910

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Sodium Citrogen used as anticoagulant

6
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Method of storing blood

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Cold ethanol fractionating discovered by Geoffrey Keynes, storing the liquid of the blood to late be diluted with saline solution

7
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Blood transfusions 1918

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Adding glucose treats shock

8
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Penicillin and Fleming

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Rediscovered it in 1928

9
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Florey and Chain trial

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8 mice then Feb 17th human test, followed by two more successful trials that summer

10
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Us loans

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80 million to 4 drug companies mass production by 1943

11
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Uses of penicillin

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12-15% more deaths on day from casualties 2,000,000 uses per month
Halved time allied soildures spent in hospital

12
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Sharing knowledge

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Led to increased surgical skill

13
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Unusual injuries

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Head eyes throat unit for abdominal wound achieved 60% survival rate for serious abdominal wounds

Surgeons begin to specialise

14
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Plastic surgery

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Howard giles and his cousin Archibald mcindoe
Reconstructive surgery
Guinea pig club, 649 members

15
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Lasting impact on surgery

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Blond Mcindoe burns unit
Thomas splint compound fractures from 60% death rate to 30% death rate

Radical wound excision

16
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Ww2 blood transfusions

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1941 Red Cross
Dame Janet Vaughan 4 depots in London
1939 transfusions ambulance service
33 thousand transfusions in first year

1946 14 regional centres set up for national blood service