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surgery, lister

  • 1865, lister tested a carbolic soaked bandage on a child with a badly broken leg, it healed cleanly within 6 weeks

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problems with carbolic acid

  • was corrosive

  • would cause damage to surgeons hands

  • would slow down operations and could lead to death by blood loss

  • some surgeons dislikes that stopping infection was there responsibility

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William halstead

  • started using the Goodyear rubber company to make gloves after one of his nurses had an allergic reaction to the carbolic spray, led to development of latex gloves

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lister medal

  • become the highest honour for a British surgeon

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koch

  • 1878, koch released most bacteria most spread by contact, not air, said all surfaces should be germ free

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chamberlain

  • 1881

  • Charles Chamberlain, invented a steam steriliser for medical instruments

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lister, extra

  • made a baron in 1897

  • funeral in 1912 held at Westminster abbey

  • catgut could be sterilised with carbolic acid whereas silk couldn’t

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key hole surgery

  • using small fibre optic cameras, radiation therapy treats cancer, lasers used rather than a scalpel for precise cuttings

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