his page is designed to help GCSE students revise the history of surgery the special topic 2010.
Surgery in the Industrial Modern World, c1700-present day
Developments in anaesthetics, antiseptics, aseptic surgery
The impact of two world wars on surgery: plastic surgery, blood transfusions
The impact of technology: X-rays, transplant surgery, radiation therapy, keyhole surgery.
Key individuals: Simpson, Lister, Pasteur, Halsted, McIndoe, Barnard
There are five discrete tasks.
TASK ONE: Read this PowerPoint on Pare and Renaissance Surgery and take detailed notes on Pare's contribution to surgery.
TASK TWO Read this revision PowerPoint on the early problems in surgery
TASK THREE: Study this pictorial Powerpoint on surgery from 1750-1900. Save the PowerPoint in your own area and add a notes page for each slide describing in detail what surgery was like and how it improved
TASK FOUR: Read and takes notes from this revision page on the problems of pain, blood loss and infection
TASK FIVE: Complete all these online lesson materials on how pain, blood loss and infection were overcome
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