Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Richard Oliver III
August 8, 2014
HIS220_6_20140728M_OL_American Civilization
Instructor Melissa Davis
Industrial Revolution
The nineteenth century led to lots of changes in the American Civilization. Many changes and developments occurred in the medical field alone. One of the changes that took place was by Joseph Lister. “In 1865, Lister a professor of surgery at Glasgow University, began placing an antiseptic barrier of carbolic acid between the wound and the germ-containing atmosphere” (“History of Medicine”, 2014)
This improvement took hold and spread through hospitals for when surgeries were performed. By taking this step hospitals were able to reduce the number of people with infections and the number of deaths that were occurring from bacteria. This treatment caused the medical world to take precautions when entering into major medical procedures. The use of antiseptic is used religiously in medical offices and hospitals around the world. Antiseptic is used as a preventative and as a cleaning agent for patients, even for ones with minor abrasions.
The medical field continues to make advances on a daily basis. To fathom the steps that they have taken is almost impossible and to imagine where the medical field will be on the future is very difficult as well. I believe that in the future the majority of diseases that are not terminal will have cures for. I also think that with the advances that are made a large number of the currently terminal diseases will have cures as well. I know that the everyone in the medical field will work towards making further improvement based off of simple developments such as the use of antiseptic.
Reference
History of medicine. (2014). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372460/history-of-medicine/35662/The-rise-of-scientific-medicine-in-the-19th-century
Richard Oliver III
August 8, 2014
HIS220_6_20140728M_OL_American Civilization
Instructor Melissa Davis
Industrial Revolution
The nineteenth century led to lots of changes in the American Civilization. Many changes and developments occurred in the medical field alone. One of the changes that took place was by Joseph Lister. “In 1865, Lister a professor of surgery at Glasgow University, began placing an antiseptic barrier of carbolic acid between the wound and the germ-containing atmosphere” (“History of Medicine”, 2014)
This improvement took hold and spread through hospitals for when surgeries were performed. By taking this step hospitals were able to reduce the number of people with infections and the number of deaths that were occurring from bacteria. This treatment caused the medical world to take precautions when entering into major medical procedures. The use of antiseptic is used religiously in medical offices and hospitals around the world. Antiseptic is used as a preventative and as a cleaning agent for patients, even for ones with minor abrasions.
The medical field continues to make advances on a daily basis. To fathom the steps that they have taken is almost impossible and to imagine where the medical field will be on the future is very difficult as well. I believe that in the future the majority of diseases that are not terminal will have cures for. I also think that with the advances that are made a large number of the currently terminal diseases will have cures as well. I know that the everyone in the medical field will work towards making further improvement based off of simple developments such as the use of antiseptic.
Reference
History of medicine. (2014). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372460/history-of-medicine/35662/The-rise-of-scientific-medicine-in-the-19th-century