breakthroughs in the 20th century
Infections
Surgery
Penicillin
Blood loss
The mistery of why blood transfutions didn´t work in some people was solved because different blood groups were identified
X-rays were used to find bullets ans shrapnel in patients
Blood transfutions were performed from the donner to the patient
There were new techniques to repair broken bones
Many soldiers suffer injuries on their head and face
Harold Gillies discovered the plastic surgery
Soldiers' clothes were dirty, so bacterias infected the wounds
Doctors found that cutting away the infected tissue and soaking the wound in saline, had the best results
It was used to treat infections
It was made with mould
It eas discovered in the 19th but it eas rediscovered and experimented in the 20th century by Alexander Fleming
Surgical Techniques
New techniques were developed to treat several burns
The russians discovered the 'Biogenic Agents'
The growth of a more sophisticated blood transfusion sistem
Combating Diseases
There was an investigation about mosquitoes and Malaria
Soldiers were inmunised against Tetatus before they were sent to the battle
Improvements to public health
Goverments intervened to improve public health
Free health care
The British national Health service began
Welfare state was set up to offer benefits
