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First World War Medicine (Fighting Infection (Surgeons (Did not stitch…

- - - - It took a long time to operate and in that time several smaller operations could take place
    - - Blood transfusions kept patients alive
      - Saline solutions reduced shock
    - - Patients were kept fit and healthy enough to cope with brain operations
      - X-rays mean wounds and bullets could be easily identified and located in the brain
      - Surgeons invented a special magnet to extract bullets from head wounds
    - - Brain surgery still took a very long time
  - - - Development of methods using cartilage from another part of the body to grow around the face
    - - Helped people with facial injuries to live more normal lives
      - Led to further developments with plastic surgery
    - - Mental Health Issues
        
        Alcoholism
        
        Suicide
        
        Depression
        
        Isolation
- - - - Three machines used in rotation during major offences
      - New tube design wasn't available until America joined the war
- - - - Carrel Dakin Method
        
        kept chemical solution flowing through the wound which fought infection or stopped it developing
        
        Reduced chances of gas gangrene and tetanus