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Medical progress during the First World War, Medical progress during the…
Medical progress during the First World War
Blood storage
the doctors separated the components from the blood, then stored the components to give them to people who needed them
Widespread use of X-rays
Used to find bullets and sharpnel in the patients
Repairing broken bones
Skin grafts was used
Brain, throat, eye and ear surgery
It was common to have injuries with these in the war
Plastic surgery
The process of reconstrucing parts of the body
Treatments for infections
Doctors cut the infected tissue and soaking the wound with saline
Medical progress during the Second World War
Penicilin
Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
Prevention of Malaria
To prevent it, Mepacrin, or Atebrin was used
Plastic Surgery
Vladimir Filatov used skin graft
Treatments of burns
To cure them, penicilin was used
Blood transfusion system
Blood was stored in bulks and taken to different places
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