Medicine and Health through Time Check List: Surgery and Anatomy
1750-PRESENT DAY
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Surgery and Anatomy:
1: What does PIB stand for in surgery and anatomy?
2 :Who was Simpson and what did he discover?
3: Why was there opposition to James Simpson?
4: Who discovered antiseptics?
5: Why was the discovery of antiseptics important?
6: When and who discovered that blood transfusions could be used?
7: How did the World Wars contribute to the development of surgery?
8: Who was Archibald MaIndoe and why is he important?
9 :Why is Christian Bernard so important to the development of surgery?
10: How far did surgery improve between 1750-1900?
11: Who had the greatest impact on the development of surgery and why?