3/31/99

Public Health

 

·        Pare 1537; country doctor—treated gun shot wounds with bandages soaked in egg yolk

·        Prevention of infection of the wound

·        Lysosymes present in the egg yolk

·        Cauterization—burning of wounds w/hot iron rods or w/chemicals like turpentine used to dress the wounds—destroyed the microorganisms

·        Done by the Arabs

·        Semmelweis—washing of hands

·        Wendel Holmes—washing of hands

·        Joseph Lister--phenol

·        Pasteur—pasterurization

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