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Medicine - western front
Joseph Lister, first used carbolic acid to prevent infection in surgery, based on germ theory work
All medical staff had to wash their hands, faces and arms before entering the operating theatre.
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Rubber gloves and gowns were worn, decreasing the rate of infection in wounds in the 1890s
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The use of steam sterilization, a machine called an autoclave was invented in 1881, it sterilized surgical instruments in boiling stream
TRENCH SYSTEM
the reserve trench - this was at least 100 meters behind the support trench and was where reserve troops could be mobilized for a counter-attack if the frontline trench was captured by the enemy
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the support trench - this was about 80 meters behind the frontline trench and the troops would retreat here if the frontline trench came under attack
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holes were dug into the side of the trenches where men could take protective cover when needed, these were known as dugouts
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Trench foot
Painful swelling of the feet, caused by standing in cold mud and water
In the second stage, gangrene set in , gangrene is the decomposition of body tissue due to a loss of blood supply
Trench fever
Flu-like symptoms with high temperature, headache and aching muscles
This condition was a major problem, because it affected a lot of people
Shell shock
Symptoms included tiredness, headaches, nightmares, loss of speech, uncontrollable shaking and complete mental breakdown
It has been suggested that about 80,000 British troops experienced shellshock
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