Bitesize: Surgery - anaesthetics and antiseptics
c1840-1900 · Resource
Edexcel revision guide on the two problems of surgery, pain and infection: ether and chloroform anaesthesia, Lister's antiseptic method, and the resistance each faced.
On these timelines: BBC Bitesize (revision guides), Resources: Combined
Around 1855
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857)
- Crimean War (1853)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Italian unification (Risorgimento) (1859)
- Taiping Rebellion (1851)
- American Civil War (1861)
- Wars of German Unification (1864)
- Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
- On the Origin of Species (1859)
- Pasteur develops germ theory of disease (1861)