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lister

  • 1865

  • tested a carbolic soaked bandage on a child with a badly broken leg, it healed clean in 6 weeks

  • made a baron in 1897

  • funeral in 1912 held in Westminster abbey

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key hole surgery

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

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koch

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

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William helstead

  • america surgeon

  • start 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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kock, identified

  • bacteria for blood poisoning 1878

  • germ that causes septicaemia, using the chemical dye, methyl violet

  • Then Gerhardt discovered that red sulphonamide dye, called prontosil, killed it

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problems with lister

  • ideas accepted quickly in germany and usa, not england

  • carbolic acid was corrosive, cause damage to surgeons hands, would slow down operation, and could lead to death by blood loss

  • some surgeons disliked that stopping infection was there responsibility

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