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- Wartime medical advances also became available to the civilian population, leading to a healthier and longer-lived society. Added to this, advances in the technology of warfare fed into the development of increasingly powerful weapons that perpetuated tensions between global powers, changing the way people lived in fundamental ways.
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History of medicine - WW2, Advancements, Healthcare: Once the principles of military surgery were relearned and applied to modern battlefield medicine, instances of death, deformity, and loss of limb were reduced to levels previously unattainable.
Mar 6, 2015 · The very nature of warfare between 1939 and 1945 forced the medical world to rush forward the pace of advance in medicine. Advances in the treatment of infection had occurred pre-war but with the turmoil of war, research pioneers pushed forward to find solutions to very pressing problems.
Penicillin: The mass production of penicillin during World War II marked a major breakthrough in medicine. Penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, was crucial in treating bacterial infections and saved countless lives.
Apr 28, 2020 · World War II’s massive casualties were mitigated by lives saved as a result of medical care. Many of the advances made would persist long after the war concluded — a silver lining that...
- Justin Barr, Scott H. Podolsky
- 2020
Along with the advances of microwave and computer technology, World War II brought forth momentous changes in field of surgery and medicine. The devastating scale of both world wars demanded the development and use new medical techniques that led to improvements in blood transfusions , skin grafts , and other advances in trauma treatment .
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Mar 17, 2020 · Battlefield medical care improved throughout the course of World War II, with advances in surgical techniques, medications and protective gear, among other innovations.
Jun 10, 2015 · Following the assassination of high-ranking Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, a cry went out to experiment more boldly with sulphanomides (drugs that curb the growth of bacteria) since Heydrich had died of...