Gladiator vs. History
Andrea Rosales
American History /Donat
Position paper
Block 1
History and researchers of medicine during WWll
Within in the “chain of evacuation” established by the army medical department during the war, nurses served under fire in the field hospitals and evacuation hospitals, on hospital trains and hospital ships, and as flight nurses on medical transport planes. The skill and dedication of these nurses contributed to the extremely low post-injury mortality rate among American military forces in every theater of the war. But the low post-injury mortality rate wasn’t just due to the extremely dedicated nurses. It was also due to the great discoveries by many medical scientist. Over all, fewer than 4 percent of the American soldiers who received medical care in the field or underwent evacuation died from wounds or disease. Many of the soldiers were saved due to the discovery Sulfanilamide to cure bacterial diseases and, Penicillin to fight the bacteria. And the use of atabrine to fight malaria, the use of plasma to save soldiers from blood clots and bleeding to death, and morphine used as a pain killer,
The Discovery of Sulfanilamide, Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk a German biochemist, whose research with antibacterial chemicals resulted in the discovery of a new class of drugs that provided the first effective treatments for pneumonia, meningitis, and other bacterial diseases. Domagk’s research involved analyzing thousands of chemicals for their antibacterial properties. In 1932 he tested a red dye, Prontosil. The dye itself had no antibacterial properties, but when Domagk slightly changed its chemical makeup, Prontosil showed a remarkable ability to arrest infections in mice caused by streptococcal bacteria. Domagk tested the drug on his daughter, who was near death from a streptococcal infection and had failed to respond to other treatments. She made a complete recovery. After Domagk published his findings in 1935, doctors found
American History /Donat
Position paper
Block 1
History and researchers of medicine during WWll
Within in the “chain of evacuation” established by the army medical department during the war, nurses served under fire in the field hospitals and evacuation hospitals, on hospital trains and hospital ships, and as flight nurses on medical transport planes. The skill and dedication of these nurses contributed to the extremely low post-injury mortality rate among American military forces in every theater of the war. But the low post-injury mortality rate wasn’t just due to the extremely dedicated nurses. It was also due to the great discoveries by many medical scientist. Over all, fewer than 4 percent of the American soldiers who received medical care in the field or underwent evacuation died from wounds or disease. Many of the soldiers were saved due to the discovery Sulfanilamide to cure bacterial diseases and, Penicillin to fight the bacteria. And the use of atabrine to fight malaria, the use of plasma to save soldiers from blood clots and bleeding to death, and morphine used as a pain killer,
The Discovery of Sulfanilamide, Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk a German biochemist, whose research with antibacterial chemicals resulted in the discovery of a new class of drugs that provided the first effective treatments for pneumonia, meningitis, and other bacterial diseases. Domagk’s research involved analyzing thousands of chemicals for their antibacterial properties. In 1932 he tested a red dye, Prontosil. The dye itself had no antibacterial properties, but when Domagk slightly changed its chemical makeup, Prontosil showed a remarkable ability to arrest infections in mice caused by streptococcal bacteria. Domagk tested the drug on his daughter, who was near death from a streptococcal infection and had failed to respond to other treatments. She made a complete recovery. After Domagk published his findings in 1935, doctors found