Bonus lecture: The wounds of War
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Bonus lecture: The wounds of War
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In an era without anesthesia, antiseptic technique, antibiotics or even a comprehensive understanding of germ theory - even a minor injury could lead to overwhelming infection, gangrene, sepsis and death. Standards of basic hygiene and cleanliness (via Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War of 1853-1856) were yet to be established. Joseph Lister, the father of antiseptic technique and carbolic acid hadn’t even been born at the time of Tomas’ life-changing wound (1824).
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