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  1. Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
    …ensure they worked before implanting them in a patient. Sir John and his team had created a clean-air system to protect patients during operations and clean trays to prevent cross-infection. == Key to Success == He wrote to all his patients askin…
  2. Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
    …d]]. He correctly ascertained that a salt solution could substitute for blood. His experiments were undertaken on five patients in the Edinburgh Cholera Hospital basing his experiments on the theories of the Irish Dr William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. …
    …o severe dehydration, was killing huge numbers of people. After administering the saline rectally had not improved the patients, on 23 May 1832 he wrote to the Central Board of Health notifying them of his intention to begin the treatment intraven…
    …ously. The patients began to respond almost immediately. The results of Latta's experiments were published in The Lancet on 23 June 1832 an…
  3. Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
    …o sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to a reduction in infections and made surgery safer for patients. Lister was appalled that a surgeon was not required to wash his hands before operating on a patient. Surgeons at the …

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