1st Baron Lytton

Elizabeth The Film Theme of the Film: How Elizabeth managed to gain the throne through turmoil, and then maintain it through even greater conflict and opposition. Greatest Surprise of the Film: The attention to detail and the symbolism employed to make the story richer than any other period piece. The script was also very well written, and very well paced making the movie much more enjoyable to watch because it was interesting and did not drag. Historical Characters Prioritized:

Sir John Reith Sir John Reith was the first Director General of the BBC, and he had particularly strong views on broadcasting as having a cultural and moral responsibility as a means of educating and informing the masses. He once famously stated – ‘It is occasionally indicated to us that we are apparently setting out to give the public what we think they need- and not what they

By Joseph Lister using antiseptics in surgery, the cleanliness of modern surgery is very sanitary and does not cause infection to patients and many of the infections led to amputations and death. Joseph Lister was born in 1827 in Newham and he died in 1912. (Lister’s carbolic spray, n.d. para. 1) Lister married his boss’s daughter Agnes. Lister and Agnes had no children. Agnes was always helpful in his experiments. (Lamont, 1992, para, 7) Lister was always interested in science, even as a child

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, usually known as Paracelsus, was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland on either the 11th November or 17th December 1493. This was the time of the Renaissance. He died on the 24th September 1541. During this period of time surgery was practiced mostly by barbers, who used the same tools for both their trades. Medicine was primitive and painful in this era. There was much controversy over how to manage wounds, for example the argument of whether or

Between 1775 and 1789 the population of the Bahamas increased substantially. During this period the Treaty of Versailles returned the Bahamas territory to British rule and Florida to Spanish rule. These events created an exodus of loyalists, seeking sanctuary in the Bahamas as they evacuated Florida. Thus the majority of immigrants to the Bahamas came from Florida, however this reduced in March 1785. New York also provided Bahamas with 1000 refuges. Which is reflected in the instance where, Sir

Forensic veterinary pathology: non-drowning asphyxia Introduction To ancient Greeks “asphuxia” meant “without pulse”, a definition that was transformed in the mid-nineteenth century to denote “suffocation” . Although modern medical dictionaries often differ in their exact definitions of asphyxia, all refer to oxygen deprivation often combined with failure to eliminate carbon dioxide . Life depends on oxygen and deprivation of oxygen causes cell injury or death due to decreased oxidative respiration

Surgical Asepsis is the absence of all microorganisms within an invasive procedure. It includes, sterile technique, which is a specific set of practices, procedures to make equipment, instruments, and the surgical environment free from all microorganisms. Surgical asepsis relates to surgical technologist because their responsibility is to practice aseptic technique by remaining sterile and maintaining a sterile environment during a procedure. https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/chapter/surgical-asepsis/

How Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis Almost Saved Countless Lives in 1847 Since 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis had been advocating in the medical community for the increase in the practice of handwashing. Based on the work of medical historian Dr. Howard Markel, we know that Dr. Semmelweis pioneered the medical field in prophylaxis (the prevention of disease) through his use of sanitation. Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis was a “prickly Hungarian obstetrician” at Vienna General Hospital (Markel 1). An obstetrician is a doctor qualified

was a place to go to die, not to be cured. If an individual was able to survive the pain and torture of surgery without anesthesia, a postoperative infection would most certainly be their ultimate demise. Thanks to Joseph Lister, later known as Baron Lister, a hospital is now a place of healing and cleanliness, not one of death and filth. Lister's Early Life: Joseph Lister was born to Joseph Jackson Lister and Isabella Harris on April 5, 1827 in Upton, England. Upton was a small village

Evaluation of a live performance: The performance I went to see was "The 39 Steps" on the 25th of March, at the Criterion Theatre in London, it's produced by Gaumont British. The original 39 steps was an action spy novel written by John Buchan in 1915. Then Alfred Hitchcock produced a film, then the play was written and when I first saw the play it was a bit of a shock seeing as the book and film are set as thrillers and the play is very much a comedy. The play is set in 1914 and Europe is