AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
- Revise: Medical Progress
A substance applied to living tissue to kill microorganisms or reduce their growth, helping to prevent infection.
- Revise: Revolution in Surgery
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GCSE History · key term
A substance used to kill microorganisms on living tissue and reduce the risk of infection.
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Paper 2
A substance applied to living tissue to kill microorganisms or reduce their growth, helping to prevent infection.
Paper 1
A substance used to kill microbes and reduce the risk of infection, for example in a wound during surgery.
Revise: Factor Interaction and Comparative Case StudiesJoseph Lister applied this understanding to surgery, using carbolic acid as an antiseptic to reduce infection in wounds. In the twentieth century, Florey and Chain developed penicillin as an antibiotic that could act against bacteria inside the body.
A substance used to kill microorganisms and reduce the risk of infection.
A substance used to destroy disease-causing microbes.
Distinguish Nightingale’s improvements to nursing and hospital care from Lister’s use of antiseptics in surgery.
Distinguish aseptic surgery, which aims to prevent contamination, from antiseptic treatment, which destroys microbes.
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