Infection In John Hunter's The Knife Man

John Hunter was the man who made a turning point in medical history. Unlike his older brother, William who was also a surgeon, John wasn’t keen to taking the known surgical route. After he had assisted William in several dissections at the school in London his brother was studying at; the Scottish national set about to establish him too in the London society. He began treating Great Britain’s royalty, where Queen Charlotte became interested in his work. She provided specimen to him for experiments to further his research. The experiments that he conducted on the big game and royal stags provided were life changing. John Hunter had found new and improved way to orchestrate surgery, his tactics had a higher survival rate and much safer for the …show more content…
John Hunter showed incredible enthusiasm for the human anatomy. He wanted to help people, he wanted to save lives and learn more about the bodies systems. He did the best he could do with the little they knew even then. Without the knowledge of anesthetics or sterile tools to work with many mistakes were made. Infection was a huge problem and the pain was unbearable for the patients, but because of these mistakes we’ve discovered way to numb and dull the pain and we’ve learned to be very clean while conducting any medical procedure. In these days it was also very common for other surgeons or students inspiring to become doctors to observer the surgery up close and person. The surgeries would be performed in homes or even theaters so that there was room for the procedure to be done while others watched closely. So, if an airborne pathogen were released from one observer or patient it would quickly infect the onlookers. Thus contaminating the air, area, and patient …show more content…
I want to study the human body farther, I aspire to saves lives and to discover new ways to help sick or diseased people. As an anatomy student, I aim to gain knowledge from the mistakes of other renowned doctors of modern and historical science. Like John Hunter I want nothing more than to improve the health of my patients and to obtain new and improved ways to easily cure and provide a more comfortable healing process. Because of this class, I’ve had to read an amazing book which has taken my interest in the human anatomy has intensified beyond simply helping with a cold. I signed up to take this class for the reasons of being a pediatric nurse, but I now inspire to do more. I want to learn so much more and I believe this class will help me with the knowledge I need to succeed in the medical