How medicine and sugery changed through the Years Created by
barbieee123 on Mar 21, 2011 Last updated: 03/21/11 at 08:11 AM
medicine and sugery 1845-1918 has no followers yet. Be the first
one to follow. james simpson (proffesor of midwifery at
edinburgh university) he invited his mates round and started
sniffing chemicals a minute or two later they were all under the
table. he then started using it in womens labour. in 1846 london
ether was used by robert listen to anethertise a patient during
a leg amputation, it was discovered by michael faraday but i had
draw backs as it caused coughing and was flammable. Blood
loose:- panicines makes your hart pump faster so blood would
gush out constricting the arteries. lack of hygiene:- there was
saw dust on the floor to soak up blood anf fieces, the surgeons
used the same blood stained apron for every operation.
instuments had wooden handles which fested germs. bowls of water
were used after the operations in 1799 sir humphry davy
discovered that laughing gas reduced