1. BGS History
GCSE Revision Tests
Surgery- antiseptics

2. 1) What was the “Black Period of Surgery?”
The removal of pain made doctors
over confident. They took too long
and infection rates went right up

3. 2) What key discovery had to be made – including year – for the need for cleanliness to be realised?
1861
GERM THEORY!!!

4. 3) What did Semmelweiss do to stop doctors spreading infections?
Made doctors wash their hands (in lime chloride)

5. 4) What were the ideas and methods of Joseph Lister?
Noticed that
CARBOLIC ACID was
used in sewers to kill
the smell. Started to use
it in operations to kill
germs. It was sprayed
all over the place.

6. 5) What was the key drawback of antiseptic surgery?
Very expensive
Very uncomfortable – acid burnt the skin

7. Instead of killing germs, remove them altogether by sterilising
6) What was the solution to the problems of antiseptic surgery, and how did it work?
ASEPTIC SURGERY
Instead of killing germs, remove
them altogether by sterilising
everything

8. 7) Which of the key problems with operations in 1800 had not been solved by 1900?
BLOOD LOSS!