. Advanced biology. Biology; Physiology; Reproduction. 4 THE BIOLOGY OF TO-MORROW operation, Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912) studied the work of Pasteur. Up to this time pus was always considered the necessary accompaniment of all wounds. Lister decided that germs must enter the wound from the air, from surgical instru- ments, or from other outside agencies. Thereafter, when oper- ating, he used what he called antiseptics to kill the germs. He at- tempted to destroy the germs in the air by spraying the air of the operating room with a carbolic acid solution. He then protected the wound as much a
. Advanced biology. Biology; Physiology; Reproduction. 4 THE BIOLOGY OF TO-MORROW operation, Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912) studied the work of Pasteur. Up to this time pus was always considered the necessary accompaniment of all wounds. Lister decided that germs must enter the wound from the air, from surgical instru- ments, or from other outside agencies. Thereafter, when oper- ating, he used what he called antiseptics to kill the germs. He at- tempted to destroy the germs in the air by spraying the air of the operating room with a carbolic acid solution. He then protected the wound as much as possible from contact. An old print shows that headache was treated by removing a portion of the skull. with the air. All his instruments were subjected to the most careful antiseptic treatments. He taught his principles of anti- septic surgery to the surgeons of France. The Franco-German War broke out in 1870. It occurred to no one in France, in the first battles, to apph^ the new method of antiseptic surgery. In consequence, hundreds and thousands of wounded soldiers suc- cumbed to gangrene and septicaemia, types of blood poisoning. Then doctors all over the world adopted antiseptic surgery. In- fections which formerly followed many operations practically disappeared. Before Lister's time 70 per cent of all compound fractures resulted in death, and about 50 per cent of all major operations were fatal. After Lister's antiseptic methods were in- troduced these percentages were greatly reduced. What of to-day ? The most modern method of surgery is aseptic surgery. Germs are controlled by killing them with dry heat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wheat, Frank Merrill; Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth T. New York ; Boston [etc. ] : American Book Company
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