Medical Care In Ww2 Essay

Medical care in world war 2 was very different from medical care we are using today. Before the use of machines the doctors used different methods and tools. Some of them you may never heard of or even seen use for what they use it for. Some of there tools are still used today by doctors and even the antibiotics are still used. Since there wasn’t as many antibiotics and sulphonamides the alternative method was to cut off the tissue around the wound and to close it up. They also used Surgical scalpel, straight forceps, bone brush, tourniquet, and catline. To make sure they chemicals stayed clean and free of infections they would use chemical weapons in their arsenal. Out on the battlefields many of the soldiers was either hurt or dead. Doctors were instructed to be vigilant in cases of …show more content…
There was also an advance in the treatment of infection. Some of the medication used was the same we use today. In 1936 the first effective sulphonamides called M+B was used as a treatment for the affections seen at war. M+B 639 was used to treat sore throat, pneumonia and gonorrhea. A man name Winston Churchill was given it to treat pneumonia. Once he got the medicine he Churchill said “this admirable M+B which i did not suffer any inconvenience, was used at the earliest moment and after a weeks over the intruders were repulsed the medicine.” Other medicine used during this time was sulfanilamide, penicillin,atabrine,plasma and morphine. The main two drugs that were used was penicillin and morphine. Penicillin is a chemical produced antibiotic it was discovered in the twentieth century.Penicillin was used to treat infections. The other main drug Morphine is an analgesic and narcotic drug. Morphine was made from the opium poppy plant. During WWII medics were able to give soldiers morphine to alleviate pain. They also had to be carefull with the amount they give to the patient because giving too much would have them