Medicine breakthroughs
1st World War
2nd World War
Surgery
Surgical techniques
Combating diseases
Penicilin
Improvements to public health
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Used to treat an infective wound.
Blood loss
Doctors found that cutting away infected tissues and soaking the wound in saline had the best results
Surgeries were improved
The mystery of why blood transfusion only worked for some patient was solved
Blood transfusion system was improved
Scientists studied mosquito bites, malaria and tetanus to prevennt them
The British National Health Service started in 1948
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The NHS gave free health care, education,houses and employment to soldiers
As broken bones were common, doctors to repair them.
Different blood group were identified